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Re: What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
My opinion...if you have two seemingly equal coins sitting next to each other where the only difference was that one was struck with nice clean dies and the other was struck with rusted dies...I would select the one that was struck with rust-free dies. A hypothetical to answer your hypothetical. It seems I'm the crazy… -
Re: What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
<< <i>Lots of southern gold shows die rust. This happened because coining runs were spread out over the calender year, and storage was slipshod in an uncontrolled humid climate. this 1853 O shows extensive rust. I think this is "mint made" and shouldnt affect marketability of a coin. >> I think that is severe die erosion… -
What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
It's a general question, but I realize the effect may be different for different coins. Still, I'd appreciate your thoughts. By the way, if you do a search for " rust " (with the spaces before and after) you get a few really interesting threads. -
Re: What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
Here's an example with quite a few spots of die rust, I don't find it to be a distraction at all. A halfpenny currently in an NGC66RB Holder. And this one 1773 66BN shows a huge amount of die rust on the obverse. -
Re: What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
Lots of southern gold shows die rust. This happened because coining runs were spread out over the calender year, and storage was slipshod in an uncontrolled humid climate. this 1853 O shows extensive rust. I think this is "mint made" and shouldnt affect marketability of a coin. -
Re: What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
Depends on the degree and severity of the die rust. Don't forget that eye appeal is one of the grading factors. If it isn't too severe, I don't mind die rust since it's like a die crack in that it gives the coin character and makes it easy to identify a specific die that a coin was struck with. -
Re: What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
It is my opinion that within the realm of type collecting that it hurts the liquidity of the coin if it is visible with the unaided eye or at least can be seen easily with a low power loupe. This is written because many folks find evidence of die rust to be a negative aspect of eye appeal and, if they do not understand… -
Re: What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
For the coins that I collect rust on the die is not a major factor UNLESS it is really advanced. As someone else said it's part of collecting older coins and tokens and medals for that matter. So far as grading goes I don't think that it effects the grading numbers very much until you get above MS-65. Then it does come… -
Re: What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
Anyone got a pic of a coin struck from a rusted die? -
Re: What effect, if any, does die rust have on the grade/perception/market-ability of a coin?
As long as it is not overly distracting I don't mind a bit of die rust, but not to the extent of the 1804 LC restrikes.
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