We don't need a new scale. We need the people who use it to apply it consistently and with reproducible results. Because it's not that the scale...
It's a death spiral at this point. Soon the whole idea of grading standards will need an overhaul. Well, either that or someone is going to have...
then IMHO, they should call their book the "PCGS Guide to Coin Pricing and Counterfeit Detection" because they are no longer grading coins.
The fact is, Kurt, that Mr. Salzberg's comment is that the "grade" equates to the coin's value in the marketplace instead of giving us a technical...
The marks on the OPs coin look to be hub gouges as they seem to go under devices. If they were raised, I would say die polish marks, but since...
something to keep in mind is that if the scratches are below devices, like they are with UNUM, the marks could also be on the hub (which would...
excuse me... they were state issues... sheesh
clearly, SQG, you have learned to buy the coin and not the holder. :)
I think that it's been well-established that anything minted post 1970 has been aggressively fought for by the government, but yes, it appears to...
I think that is a great question and one that we, as collectors can learn heaps from. That's kind of why I have pursued this thread and continue...
Actually, that won't produce a coin like the one in question. It would produce a coin with one side somewhat clear and the other side smashed. In...
well, not to put too fine a point on this but... if it was made clandestinely (not an approved Mint product) at the Mint, it's illegal. if it is...
I can see now how the obverse dies can be used together to make a coin if you REALLY wanted to... but this coin doesn't appear to have been...
PF 68 DC
Yup. I know. It doesn't make sense to me either, but people pay $20 for Morgans in our shop and $21 for SAEs Oh, and most of our "cull" Silver...
In the shop where I work we pay (and charge) more for dollars than other junk 90% because of their weight.
If the coin was struck hard enough (even on the felt) to create a design on the coin, it will show a mark from the felt on the opposite side.
Done and done
Impossible??? Maybe not... several US coins have been certified as genuine with both heads/heads and tails/tails combinations....
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