David Alexander from Heritage Auctions gave a talk at our coin club a few months back. I showed him a $20 gold coin that NGC had called Unc....
"Improperly cleaned" in judgment of NGC; a little handling issues in the fields is not enough to issue a scarlet letter. It is why ICG makes...
You have sharp eyes. NGC, no grade "AU details", IMO trangressive against numismatics, unsaleable as such. ICG AU58. It sold quickly!
o_O Their inventory is posted on their site!
If you are going to be there into Saturday you should get them back. I hear lots of submissions to PCGS were not returned to dealers and...
Very nice! [IMG] [IMG] OWLE [IMG]
Compare to a Seated half I sold: [IMG] [IMG] IMO properly graded though eye appeal was higher.
A decent looking coin with good detail, but unlikely it will ever get a number unless you found someone who knew how to get it to. Here's a...
Apples and oranges. Amanda ships really valuable coins, it looks like most of the posters here ship material well under a hundred dollars. Hugh...
I was thinking around AU50 because of lack of luster, but luster is not usually that vibrant on those.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_Ridge_Hoard
Here is a list of the hoard inventory; I'm assuming it is correct as it is at the CU site:...
As far as I can see Kagin's has tried to rush the coins to auction without interest of sharing their research with the general public. The high...
Some good ones in the NY/CT area: http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=897420&highlight_key=y&keyword1=Stormville I...
Specifically on the Dimmick conviction on the $30K in missing gold a couple of points I got from someone local to Auburn, CA, in gold country:...
Since they have had only a week and a half to investigate, it is still early in the game. I'm not sure if any of Kagin's researchers shared...
“First of all, and most importantly, the vault from which Dimmick stole the $30,000 in double eagles was the Cashier’s working vault. This vault...
I'm glad that you did not get stung as their ship was sinking! Everyone should try to do their due diligence when considering large $$$...
"Don Kagin, the Tiburon coin dealer and rare-coins author who is shepherding the sale of the hoard for the couple who discovered it in their Gold...
These points still do little to address the high state of gem condition of these coins or any of the alternate theories that they were from a robbery.
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