Posted 01/26/2019 02:28 am
With the dark patina, it is a bit hard to assess for hairline scratches and tiny nicks.
That is why I prefer original, patina free, blast white surfaces.
Nevertheless the pictured example is of quite an exceptional coin.
I confess that I haven't got sufficient observational skill with this series to decide if this particular example is a proof or just a well struck example, (partly due to the patina), so cannot say if it is a slightly impaired proof or not.
Perhaps someone may be able to educate me.
I will just try for a grading number.
Quite a few tiny scratches and nicks are nevertheless visible in these pictures.
That is if they are all on the coin, and not on the slab.
62 or 3.
If they are all on the slab, it may get a 65!
That is why I prefer original, patina free, blast white surfaces.
Nevertheless the pictured example is of quite an exceptional coin.
I confess that I haven't got sufficient observational skill with this series to decide if this particular example is a proof or just a well struck example, (partly due to the patina), so cannot say if it is a slightly impaired proof or not.
Perhaps someone may be able to educate me.
I will just try for a grading number.
Quite a few tiny scratches and nicks are nevertheless visible in these pictures.
That is if they are all on the coin, and not on the slab.
62 or 3.
If they are all on the slab, it may get a 65!
