It’s better than the pushback they would receive as more people get screwed by fake or altered slabs with no pictures to verify them. This will...
These dealers are able to spot fake slabs from a mile away. Mistakes would be as common as the TPG certifying a fake coin. And if there is concern...
This strikes the nail on the head. They are just too common to be interesting. Basically they are the Lincoln cents of classic US coinage. I took...
Super common date in a super common grade.you won’t gain anything by sending it in. If you are desperate to send it in, go with NGC
Either die polish or some other die scratches. Either way, they aren’t damage
A lot of eBay are trying to push that any toning = big premium. Don’t fall into that mindset like so many fad followers. It will bite you big when...
Or PCGS could partner with major dealers (David Lawrence, Heritage, Great Collections, David Kahn, etc.) who deal in high volume and whose...
I like this idea. I’ll what I can do. Tagging @Jack D. Young as well. If all the images from Heritage were pulled into the PCGS database (their...
They are SLR pics with very suboptimal lighting. That came from an NGC employee when we were discussing slab security and pictures, in case a...
Unfortunately, most of what’s left in the old holders is the stuff that won’t upgrade today or were overgraded. I’ve seen too many coins with ugly...
And that will put a damper on the sight unseen market, which is one of the main reasons the TPGs exist in the first place
I second the dipping
Very interesting and enlightening
PCGS is already doing this. We are already seeing this. If the number of fake slabs increases in the next 10 years like the number of fake...
It is a 65 by today’s standards. My guess was 64
MS-62. The high-point “wear” appears to be the result of coin-on-coin friction.
Here’s the crux of it all. This is implicitly understood. This is also why so little emphasis is placed on the grades of ancients, because it...
According to auction cataloguers, these are all VF and equivalent in grade, and thus value. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
:rolleyes: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I’m being very civil. Your arguments are simply ludicrous, especially when you are trying to demand that that they...
In slabs that aren’t double-protected by a picture of the coin itself...
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