awesome find, what's the year? Congrats on the bucketlister
Just gotta tell yourself it was already nicked, nice find just the same, don't beat yourself up, look on the bright side, it could've been in the ground another 100 years or so
Chris, I know you are probably sick-to-your-stomach to have to consider it, but .... just curious, what would you consider to have been the grade of that ? The pix are a bit too blurry to tell (of the reverse that you direct-emailed me). But it appears to be a very high grade.
Believe it or not, there is actually jewelers, who are so-skilled, that they can actually do repairs (fix nicks, for example) that leave utterly no trace that it was ever fixed. I nicked a gold coin (gggrrr) a few years ago, and have considered getting it fixed. The jeweler friend of mine who told me he could do it, said that modern technology can actually do so perfectly, that you can't even tell.
Of course it's probably only worth it for something in the very rare numismatic cases.
Chris, I know you are probably sick-to-your-stomach to have to consider it, but .... just curious, what would you consider to have been the grade of that ? The pix are a bit too blurry to tell (of the reverse that you direct-emailed me). But it appears to be a very high grade.
Believe it or not, there is actually jewelers, who are so-skilled, that they can actually do repairs (fix nicks, for example) that leave utterly no trace that it was ever fixed. I nicked a gold coin (gggrrr) a few years ago, and have considered getting it fixed. The jeweler friend of mine who told me he could do it, said that modern technology can actually do so perfectly, that you can't even tell.
Of course it's probably only worth it for something in the very rare numismatic cases.
The major grading companies will know. Particularly if it's a rarity with big value.