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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I'm free! I'm Free!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1346 Posts |
Interesting: under 10x it shows distinct evidence of buffing not discernable through 2 layers of plastic.  |
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Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Forget the potential loss in ICCS approval.
In my opinion, the potential value loss is small enough to tolerate.
A question you may ask yourself:
'What is more important to me: the loss in value or the consistent presentation of my 1946 set?'
I was born in 1946.
Completion of my 1946 set would be for me, a 'no brainer'.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Nice luster! I was gunna say break it out but...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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999 welcome to the world of ICCS net grading instead of putting on a "details" description... (an issue I have with this company and how they grade)
The coin still does look great and I think it's safe to say that it would look even better with all the other '46's you have amassed...
Congratulations on "breaking free"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks AG: three more in today's mail bringing me to 109 different with a couple others still in the mail :)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
Make sure you take some photos of the whole collection.. I think it would look fantastic!!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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are the scratches in the protected areas like coming out of the portrait kind of? if so they are die scratches. your coin appears to have a cameo so they are very likely just die polish lines.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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A textbook example of "net grading" by ICCS. Instead of calling it MS-63 cleaned, they just net grade 60. A genuine MS-60 would look much more beat up than this dime. Always be wary of ICCS MS-60's, as a great deal of them are higher grade coins that have been altered, usually cleaned to some degree.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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It is kind of hard to tell from your picture, but that looks like a decent 60 with a hint of cameo. The lines if they are patchy hairlines from whatever cause would fit within the definition of an MS 60 as long as there is no wear. The other cause would be die polish lines from the mint. This is quite common on coinage of George VI. See if you can show us a slightly better pic!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1346 Posts |
Dollarman - I have looked and looked until dizzy. I have only a 10x to view with.As I turn the coin they swirl like a Saskatchewan snowstorm. I can't detect any on the raised portrait or ship though.
I've gone round-n-round with this subject on this and two other coins.
One I thought was coin polish marks but was told they were die polish marks. Another I thought was die polish, but turned out to be on the coin.
Perhaps I should just flip the coin - heads coin polish, tails die polish. :)
(and thanx for the suggesiton)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pacific coin - thanx for the suggestion. Regrettably I am limited to my scanner output. :(
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Valued Member
United States
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There is a good article in the March 2015 CN Journal, Part 1 of An Interview with Brian Cornwell. Towards the end of the article Brian discusses problem coins like those with artificial toning, cleaning etc. and how they grade them. The entire article is worth reading if you want in insight into ICCS.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks Dan, interesting and informative.
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