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Sandblast would be correct. Matte refers to the sandblasting of the dies (Lincolns and Buffs from 1909-1915). Sandblast refers to the striking of the coins as Satin Proofs and then individually sandb… (View Post)

There are some coins out there where I just throw my hands up and give an educated guess. They're usually the coins where I never expected to need to know how to grade them, so I never learned t… (View Post)

MS64. (View Post)

Hmmmm.... which coin to choose? I'll keep it simple. One year type, and fairly common for the type too. Strong obverse and reverse contrast which makes it rather uncommon for the type, maybe amo… (View Post)

@Floridafacelifter - these were my first experiments with the angled idea! I've since progressed, but these were the foundation for what I do now. . . Images taken recently: (View Post)