Not all at once, one or two during a show at a time and the tell tale signs of fake dies, questionable surfaces with rounded letters and wrong...
YES...with NGC-who I like having the most. Again, this is my opinion and I don't have the coins to actually prove it, but I know what I saw.
The short answer is yes, sometimes if you know what you are looking for. $20 Gold Saints are prime, I have seen literally dozens of them in all...
True, but why would you not want to look to see with your eyes and brain that it isn't in the first place. I'd rather not have to go through the...
These may be rare instances, but they have happened in the past with some not so cheap coins. Where humans are involved, nothing is impossible...
As always, make sure you are not a "slab zombie" and make sure you buy the coin and not the holder.
This is why the old saying goes "buy the coin, not the holder." It amazes me how many so called collectors are basically "slab zombies" and never...
Also, if we compare our system to our British cousin's standards, strike and luster do matter even when considering if a coin with NO WEAR AT ALL...
A coin should always be technically graded first based on unwavering standards, then a value based on other factors like eye appeal should come...
Simple, market grading is overgrading based on how much more the PCGS customer can get when a Large Cent that should be graded EAC AU-55BN is made...
How about a plan to thwart the Communist Chinese from dumping counterfeit coins and slabs on the US market? Now that would be interesting.
I forgot to add that some colonists made tokens and others made forgeries of copper coins just to get some small change to circulated. Other...
Generally speaking, Regal Coins from Britain did not circulate very much in the American colonies as the Crown did not like to actually pay we...
I would also include past, present and future auction catalogs since they offer good descriptions, opening bids and past prices realized for...
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