Greysheet said they started running CAC prices in their March "Bluesheet"; does anyone know whether they started doing it in March or April? I...
And in this economy, they can't find qualified graders??? Six figures salaries for graders with perks? Unbelievable!!!
Probably I relied on the coin dealer (Rahway Coin) and his buddy too much for their judgment on its grade. Tough to find AU/BU Bust dimes and...
Here is a Bust coin I bought as an MS60: http://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/51409/1831-Capped-Bust-Dime-PCGS-AU-55 Where is the wear? I don't...
Oh my! If all the charges don't wear down the average collector/dealer then the wait times will or ornery customers... The only worse hobby wait...
Nice notes! Anyone doing submissions, do yourself a favor and don't go economy. At this point the turn around time for PMG is: 72 business...
Heritage once told me they were running around 15% on their CAC submissions, so they probably consider the extra fee to be worth the bean cost,...
They are $12.50 to my knowledge now. I agree, it is money well spent. And on the difficulty of grading SL quarters, and some of the points made...
Many coin owners do not know how to grade, let alone know within a grade or two what a raw coin should grade. Some are so rich that they...
There are some coins that will never earn a CAC sticker, and I posted on overgraded coins that "earn" a CAC sticker. They have gotten hundreds of...
My take on this as a CAC authorized dealer, is that in many, many cases the CAC sticker is very useful. I am not an expert on Standing liberty...
Occasionally I get something right without getting in trouble on copyright rules...
The question here should be what would be the criteria for an opportunity for "sleeper" material, whether coin, notes or antiques to "wake up"?...
Those coins were really cheap, it makes you wonder how the auction companies are able to make money and pay their salaries...
Thanks for those Morgan images, Lehigh. All nice gems. I don't think there has been much change in grading standards for those as they are the...
NGCs Mark Salzburg said the following in an interview with Maurice Rosen, available on the NGC site: MR: What other coins should investors know...
Here are the grading descriptions from PCGS: http://www.pcgs.com/grades.html Compare to a bunch of others at Heritage:...
Frankly, most of the CAC stickered coins I have seen have been right on the money, they seem to be cautious on what they put their sticker on,...
Wow, 2004 to 2012, and only a few posts on a thread, that must be some kind of record!
Sorry, I was half-joking. I generally spend Ikes unless they have some silver content, and those I sell to the bullion buyers after enjoying...
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