The requirement for a problem-free grade at a TPG, resulting from a subtle injury or manipulation to a coin's surface, may not always be the same...
Thank you all for the wonderful comments and for bringing up many points that I had either not thought of or that had completely slipped my mind....
I believe this had also been done during the rattler generation of PCGS holders.
In my opinion, this is a more dangerous area than an entirely counterfeit product. Many likely are not aware, but perhaps a few years ago a gem...
Two months ago I posted the first of an irregularly produced series of observations from the bourse and the subject was “but-coins”. Today I will...
I don't know that one can necessarily assume that it would be more scarce than the AH. After all, if the obverse die were taken out of service...
I will expand a bit on my previous reply, which was written when I came in the door last night after a very long trip to see a few clients. My...
Absolute BS.
AT.
They do not have to mean the same thing and they often do not mean the same thing. However, in the context of the question by the OP, since the...
Every coin that PCGS has given a clean grade to can be a "registry coin". If you see that in the description then it is purely marketing.
Very collectible (aka very valuable) in the near future? I doubt it. Cool to quite a few folks? I think so. By the way, I am a scientist and I...
In the past an account was locked only after three sellers reported the buyer for failure to pay. Too many sellers are worried about retaliation...
If you were bidding four-cents per coin and it was an unreserved auction then it would have taken at least two bidders to raise the price up to...
That thing looks heavy.
CAC also inspects coins for various levels of surface manipulation, which means that a coin might have a market and TPG accepted level of...
I like your post and you are correct that CAC disregards the + or * designations that are given out by PCGS and NGC. A CAC sticker on such coins...
I've never had PCGS image any coins for me, but there is a coin (perhaps two) that I own that the previous owner(s) had imaged and that appear on...
The 1949 Red Book appears to be the best book of the group shown. There are folks who collect these earlier editions so I would think the book...
It's had a rough life.
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