Survivorship can be more important than mintage.
The best advice for you right now is in your own post; buy Numismatic Photography by Mark Goodman and read it.
It's still a scare issue that few will own and it isn't bad looking, either. For those inclined, there is a die marriage for 1837 that uses the...
There is no hard evidence for the mintage number of 1,200. This was a reckoning done by Walter Breen in the mid-'50s that has unfortunately...
Given the hyperbole, I'm not certain if you are a troll or not...
You are getting lots of love toward classic commems, but keep this in mind; in 1992 I thought they had hit rock bottom and had no where to go but...
It looks like the entire text that you are linking from US Rare Coin Investments was lifted directly from a Bowers publication.
I say shill bid and you may want to cancel your bid if it isn't something dear to your heart.
There was a collector's kit available in the mid-'90s that contained these samples along with a few other things.
"Dipping" and "cleaning" generally mean two different things in numismatics with "dipping" acceptable to most folks most of the time and...
You can ask whatever you want, but what have they sold for?
Gunk is good! Your previous "conservation" suggestion would likely seriously and negatively affect the liquidity for a certain pool of potential...
Large fingerprints on circulated coins, like the one over the LI of LIBERTY, often lead me to believe that the surfaces have been removed previously.
Of course, the flippers did not care about the long-term (or even short-term) health of the gold JFK. Rather, they cared about the immediate flip...
The guarantee applies to everyone.
The only thing you have to lose on a regrade is time and money, which in your case might be a moot point since you are not a dealer who has to...
To be fair to APMEX, the image in the link shows a roll of 1963 Franklins.
I believe it is "Rive D'Or" for "bank of gold".
1) Contact seller with issue and proceed from there. 2) Do not support sellers who respect their clients so little as to specify no returns. 3)...
It very well might grade higher, which is why I would recommend the regrade option at PCGS.
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