The TPGs are NOT gospel. They bring some levity to grading, but they IMO are not always equitable in grading either matte proofs or currency...
Absolutely, this is what drove me to British coins and other alternatives.
I think as an outsider to the series that Canadian coins overall have NOT shown big increases in the last 20 years and agree with the comment that...
I posted this before, but the purchase price was $2.00 (plus 1.59 shipping). A previously unknown coin and not in Krause. 1984 FM Trinidad and...
That one not a proof for sure, please look at the examples on line, maybe look at Heritage archives or such. It looks like the last of the serial...
Just an update: no update! LOL. Ed has evidently fallen off the nap, and I hope not worse. The 1978 5 cents Royal Mint with the lily is still...
I have noted on other forums that P and N have trouble IMHO in grading consistency with Vicky proofs. I looked extensively at TWO deep cameo 1839...
I am in the 55 camp because of the extreme amount of "pecking" or micro dings and scratches to the obverse. Your third picture really brought them...
I have an NGC graded 63 - 1882 penny and this is quite similar. I think not a lot strikes up in Vickie's hair; pineapples relatively well struck...
In hand it is very, very nice with no wear and only a very minimal planchet defect in the obverse field in front of chin.
Hi all, this I just got this week from Ebay for a princely 18.00 USD plus shipping. I think this a rather nice piece - the lustre is much better...
OK: 1987 and 1988, the rest not so much. The 1983 proof is fairly scarce. There are 1991 varietals as I recall. Some of the other proof dates are...
Hmmm, that last example seems to smack of “bidiots”, especially when an equal or superior shows up not long after at a fraction!
And this is a good point as I expect most of us are in a similar lot and have to pick and choose with care. I lost out on a 20th C. Pattern just...
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