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2 Bags, 2 Nice Ones and a Cross ...
Geesh: Some new grades on a few submissions: 1903 Indian Head Cent (I thought a nice MS-64 RD): Bagged for cleaning; 1909 Lincoln VDB (A solid 65+, wonderous purple blue obverse toning, great eye appeal): Bagged for AT (blows me away); 1938 Lincoln (figured as MS-65 RD): Graded MS-66 RD; 1954 S/D Jefferson (Figured as… -
Re: 2 Bags, 2 Nice Ones and a Cross ...
oh a pcgs combo meal , im kidding sounds like you did ok! -
Re: 2 Bags, 2 Nice Ones and a Cross ...
Thank you, clack ... Nice to know I likely had a legit coin -- and a pretty one to boot, with lots of eye appeal -- that I spent $15 on to allow some new kids on the block at PCGS to cover their butts ... -
Re: 2 Bags, 2 Nice Ones and a Cross ...
i saw a raw 1921-P lincoln over the weekend that had some awesome purple toning, especially strong on the obv. but apparent on both sides. maybe it's a blessing that i passed. original or AT it was a beauty. al h. -
Re: 2 Bags, 2 Nice Ones and a Cross ...
Braddick (or any other copper expert): Is is possible to AT just one side of a coin? The reverse was full red with a few carbon flecks ... I have seen many proof Jeffs with toning on one side and blast white on the other, so I did not think copper would be any different. But, I am an admitted neophyte on copper coins. -
Re: 2 Bags, 2 Nice Ones and a Cross ...
Sounds like you learned a lesson but came out ok in the long run. Congrats. Frank -
Re: 2 Bags, 2 Nice Ones and a Cross ...
Purple/Blue is a totally legit color on copper and is the first color it turns when it oxidizes. Perhaps on silver its an AT sign but very common on Lincoln's. I just went through an original roll of 34-D Lincoln's that had more than a few coins with the edges starting to turn rainbow purples and blues. The end roll coins… -
Re: 2 Bags, 2 Nice Ones and a Cross ...
Purple is a tough color for any of the Services to grade out on copper. It can be real, but is so easily not I think they all error on the side of being conservative.
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