It's interesting that the two services recently eliminated by ebay...ANACS and ICG...just HAPPEN to be the two remaining services that a collector...
I worked 10 years as a test engineer, and testing is very close to grading, so I know what I am talking about regarding statistical error, bad...
Actually, you agree with me! I am NOT counting statistical differences. The fact the the ranges overlap...that some ANACS and ICG coins are...
Apples and Oranges. Phone, gas, electric, subways, street cars, and water in most areas since the 1880s have traditionally been "regulated...
Ebay is most definitely a monopoly. The primary indicator is not market share, but abillity and influence to control the market and raise prices...
Probably the toughest grading service of them all is Canada's International Coin Certification Service (ICCS) in Toronto. Coins with a trace of...
SEGS has an outstanding lineup of graders Larry Briggs Jeff Oxman Bill Fivaz J.R. Grellman Cindy Grellman Brian Greer Check their...
Sight unseen trading is just like stocks. For accepting less money than sight seen trading, You get a guaranteed price when you sell no matter...
The blue holders were used when Anderson Press (Whitman Coin Supplies) owned the service in Austin, TX The gold labels are used under the...
Looks like it was dipped and probably scrubbed with a baking soda paste. I wouldn't mess with it, it's been cleaned and can't be undone....
Absolutely agree. And I would pay MOST if ALL of the first group were in the old ANA-owned ANACS white slabs with the magic lantern gold...
I would have preferred Proof 58 rather than Proof 60 cleaned. I think the hairlines are from brief circulation rather than cleaning. JP Martin...
It's still illegal to conspire to shut certain players out of the markets. See Sherman Anti-Trust Act. That's been the law since 1890.
Actually, I was a test engineer for Lockheed for 11 years and 68-93, 56-81, 42-90 are indeed comparable ranges. Even PCI and SEGS are not way out...
There is absolutely zero security in having an online lookup of serial numbers. The fake slabs from China almost always show VALID on the PCGS and...
You clearly don't know what you are talking about. The PCGS, NGC, ANACS and ICG all trade in comparable ranges According to the Coin Dealer...
Notice the ebay guy talking to the PNG here announcing that ANACS and ICG are toast on eBay http://youtu.be/4ifz7_12XEI Notice he is listed as...
Some artificial toning, where a silver coin is exposed to Clorox fumes, is silver CHLORIDE (a salt) rather than the normally encountered silver...
Perhaps you are the one needing an economics course. The federal government has assets of at least $200 trillion. A company that had an asset to...
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