blemishes: any defects on the surface of a coin.
Bluebook: a popular price guide used for buying coins. Guess what color the cover is.
Bluesheet: a popular weekly price guide for certified coins. Guess what color the paper is.
Blemishes - Minor nicks, marks, flaws or spots of discoloration that mar the surface of a coin.
Bourse - A sales room for dealers at a coin show.
Branch Mint - Any federal coining facility except the Philadelphia Mint.
Blemishes
Small nicks, marks, spots of discoloration, or other imperfections spoiling the surface of a coin.
Blue Book ...
Bag marks, discoloration, tarnish, spots, nicks are examples of blemishes. Blue Book - Coin collecting price guide that lists the wholesale prices that a US coin dealer might pay. Has a blue cover, hence the term blue book.
Technical coin grade - Mint caused blemishes may reduce the technical grade to a lower commercial grade.
CHOICE UNCIRCULATED - No traces of wear, but will have minor blemishes that will detract from the coin's overall appearance.
BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED - No traces of wear, and an obviously blemished surface.
No blemishes, good strike, great color, and a lot of other really nit picky stuff. Trust me, any coin you have that isn't slabbed isn't MS-70. It's like winning the lottery, twice. An average shiny new penny from the supermarket is MS-63.
When grading Braided Hair half cents note that mint state coins usually have some blemishes. Copper is a chemically active metal and, depending on the storage environment, can suffer from carbon spots and corrosion marks.
Invariably, the seller will err on the higher side while the buyer will find any number of blemishes, hairlines or weak spots to lower the grade.
Attractive greenish gold with very minor hairlines and other small blemishes. The obverse has considerable reflective Proof surface in the protected areas around devices while the reverse is nearly fully prooflike.
Ancient coins frequently have dirt and corrosion (patina) products as blemishes. I generally ask two questions when dealing with each coin. Will cleaning be likely to make the coin more readable?
This means that only those blemishes and marks that are a result of mishandling after the dies have parted act to lower the grade of the coin.
Looking below the toning to the surface of the coin it is free of any blemishes, nicks or bruises. Also, the mint did an excellent job imparting a bold, well defined strike.
After the minting process is complete proof sovereign coins are thoroughly examined for any defects, blemishes or imperfections before finally been placed in protective capsules and excepted for sale.
These will be well struck, lustrous and display only minor blemishes in a coin’s focal area. A Superb Gem, or MS-67, will be fully struck, intensely lustrous and virtually mark-free.
From the moment coins are minted, coins get marks and blemishes from contact with other coins and from being in circulation. Grading gives collectors a common language by which they can describe their coins to others.
Uncirculated coins vary from each other to some degree from blemishes, toning, or slight imperfections. Since these variations exist between coins, Mint State grades have been established to grade or determine the Mint State condition of the coin.
This only applies to proof coins and these coins are absolutely perfect, without any marks, wear or blemishes.
Mint State
Unc ...
Uncirculated coins may vary to some degree because of blemishes, toning, or slight imperfections.
upsetting mill:
a machine that raises the rim on both sides of a blank (planchet)
variety:
a minor change from the basic design type of a coin.
To receive a , coins must be free of any obvious planchet irregularities, and display no bothersome spots or blemishes. Toned coins can be of a single color or multicolored but cannot have any areas that are dark brown, approaching black.
Eye appeal is affected by several factors including the beauty of a coin's design, the minting process used, the fullness and sharpness of its strike, the toning, the brilliance of its luster and the amount of wear and number of blemishes on the ...
same process as circulating coins, but with quality enhancements such as slightly higher coining force, early strikes from dies, special cleaning after stamping, and special packaging. Uncirculated coins may vary to some degree because of blemishes, ...
AU and MS, but if you are looking at the high points of any coin and looking for wear you should be able to tell. I always look at coins with a very good light source. Seeing the coins with a true light will help you determine where the blemishes are ...
If you are trying to create an "ideal" picture of a certain type of coin you may wish to brush away blemishes and defects, but if you are trying to represent the coin as it is, don't make any modifications that would change the surface itself.
 See also: Coin, Grade, Collector, Strike, Mint
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