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I don't like the wide, shallow scrape by the right star on the reverse. However, since the obverse plays a large part in determining the grade, I think it is accurately graded at MS65. I'm … (View Post)

I think it's very original. Many coins of this issue developed unusually wild toning in the correct conditions. Here's a similarly toned MS67+ that I found after a quick scroll on CoinFacts: (View Post)

VAMs are not errors, they are varieties, and every Morgan and Peace dollar has one. Most are common. The doubling on your coin is strike doubling, or mechanical doubling, which is not to be confused … (View Post)

FWIW, postage for a $5 coin is 74 cents, provided it isn’t too thick for its envelope to get stuck in a sorting machine. (View Post)

For me, Washington quarters and Mercury dimes are the easiest. I find the emptiness of the fields on a Mercury dime as well as the overall smoothness of the Washington quarter design helpful in makin… (View Post)