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James_OldeTowne

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  1. James_OldeTowne
    That's one of the FM products that I would NOT melt down!
  2. James_OldeTowne
    I still tune in to watch Sanford & Son on a regular basis! Of course, I'm biased, being from St. Louis....
  3. James_OldeTowne
    The OP coin definitely appears fake to me.
  4. James_OldeTowne
    Franklin mint products, with few exceptions, are widely considered sub-bullion pieces. I'd melt that off without a second thought.
  5. James_OldeTowne
    Face value, unless you can find someone putting together a collection of circulated proofs (which would be an extremely difficult endeavor).
  6. James_OldeTowne
    I agree with RWB's excellent explanation regarding clashed dies. By the way - VERY nice photos!
  7. James_OldeTowne
    It's a normal cent that might have been turned into a "spinner" (I think that's what they were called).
  8. James_OldeTowne
    It looks sort of like a "magician's coin" - like a cent on one side and a dime on the other. But usually those are done with different denominations.
  9. James_OldeTowne
    I agree. It appears to be a circulation strike subjected to harsh treatment.
  10. James_OldeTowne
    That looks like an artifact caused by the plastic holder. It isn't on the surface of the coin.
  11. James_OldeTowne
    Definitely not a proof, but it does appear to be weirdly altered.
  12. James_OldeTowne
    Yep, an aftermarket set. Those are probably not even SMS coins.
  13. James_OldeTowne
    I agree - looks like the die had a dot of contamination in that area of the band.
  14. James_OldeTowne
    OP pics are a little tough to interpret, but I suspect strike doubling.
  15. James_OldeTowne
    That rotation is very slight and within tolerances for coins from the mint.
  16. James_OldeTowne
    Far too much consternation goes into which grading service is "better", and I am often dismayed and a mused over the endless threads and discourse (far and away, mostly ATS) to "prove" that X is "better" than Y. Great coins exist in every single legitimate company's slabs and I prefer to focus on that. For reasons beyond "grading", I do prefer NGC, but my certified collection contains a substantial percentage of PCGS and ANACS coins.
  17. James_OldeTowne
    What does the reverse of the first coin look like? Going ONLY by obverse photos (which is unfair), the first coin looks like a PQ MS-63 and the second looks like a "gift" - could go MS-62 or MS-63 based on shifting circumstances.
  18. James_OldeTowne
    The photos don't appear to show anything genuine or valuable.
  19. James_OldeTowne
    "Bagmarks" is generally a misnomer. Coins thrust into bags do collect marks from each other (hence the term), but such marks can be completely indistinguishable from a coin coming into contact with any number of comparable objects... such as a pocket knife, pebble, whatever.
  20. James_OldeTowne
    As far as I know, clashed dies should not affect a coin's grade, with the exception of modern extremely high-grade proof coins.
  21. James_OldeTowne
    I find tab toning to be very highly desirable, and it's too bad that evidently, so many coins have been dipped to remove such toning.
  22. James_OldeTowne
    Your photos are MUCH better than the originals created by the seller. I greatly dislike those kinds of photos of white-on-black cameo proofs that display not even a hint of the actual character of the fields.
  23. James_OldeTowne
    That kind of clashing is common for coins of the mid-19th century, and in my experience, seems particularly prominent on smaller denominations.
  24. James_OldeTowne
    The photos depict a normal proof Eisenhower dollar, albeit one that could use professional conservation. There is nothing at all "special" about it.
  25. James_OldeTowne
    He probably wasn't referring to random shots, though.