So how did the "prospector" get the 66-s no motto along with all the gem plus $20 gold coins? McCarthy said many of them don't have a bag mark...
I would never want to wait half a year or more even for economy grading.
Get there early. Some of them have early bird fees. Florida and other southern states have flea markets all year. First week of spring is the...
You would never have gotten coins like these unless you knew the bank's president and he set them aside for you or if you had other inside...
All the theories are being examined at this stage with both Kagin's and the mint seeing it as a lucky find.
But would you be able to get coins like this from the banks of the day? One comment from a sharp collector: "...however I agree it could very...
David McCarthy shared some of his methods at the PCGS forum: "I won't reveal specifics about the full conservation process, but will say that the...
Considering how many "rainbow" toned AT coin I see in PCGS holders, it may not matter. One common Morgan graded MS62 in a PCGS holder sold for...
Good luck. They use their own standards, and often "apparent" grade notes they see tiny little problems with. I prefer the PMG net grade, again...
PCGS has the images up, here is one of the dates: http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/CoinImages.aspx?s=109021 There are other images and links on this...
We are one week into the media circus, and yes mint spokesperson said they have no connections between the hoard and the 1901 mint theft. This...
They won't be available for purchase until May according to Kagin. You can get on their email update list by contacting them.
With imgur and photo bucket you would have been able to get those pics. rotated and professionally formatted.
No motto $10 Liberty; easy to price through Heritage Auctions with their images. I had an 1847 that was around AU; I sent it to NGC but midway...
Coincidentally I watched "Treaure of the Sierra Madre" with Bogart a couple of weeks ago, great film. I would like to see a thorough inventory of...
I have heard that advice from coin dealers in the last week, but would it work? Only if these were cash only transactions without paper trails....
There are a number of questions that occur to me on this theory of the theft from the SF mint, as there were a number of such thefts. Suspicion...
Well what about the "bad reputations" of the raw coin/currency dealers? Too bad it is so difficult to warn others about them and their no return...
So what happens when Randy Campbell is pigeon-holed at coin shows with overgraded ICG coins? Hey Randy, ICG called this coin an MS63, but it is...
Separate names with a comma.
