Kinda sorta anyway. General rule of thumb, whatever the current Grey Sheet Bid is, a dealer will offer between 10-20% less than that. You also...
No. No, it never had one to begin with. It's all about the dies. It's very simple, Proof dies are made so that the corners of the rims have...
Is this an example of gassed in the holder? Given that the toning, at least most of it, has reached the terminal stage, I think it very unlikely....
You can't see it any longer because you deleted it, and several others. But I can still see it. I'm sending you a PM where you can see all of...
That's just it Kristine, a business strike coin (non proof coin) will not have what are referred to as a squared edges. And yes, the word edges is...
Please see my response, post #9, in this thread - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/chatgpt-fails-me-with-its-coin-knowledge.404450/
We need to understand that the two things, mintage and survival rates, have nothing to do with each other. It's pretty common for coins with lower...
I find it hard to imagine that some can't see the chatter that was mentioned. [ATTACH] (click on the pic to see it full size)
No, not at all. Yes they absolutely do ! The coin is without a doubt grossly over-graded, I'd say by 3 grades. In other words if it was graded...
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Cheer up Charley, there is hope. "Excessive sighing may be a sign of an underlying health condition. Examples can include increased stress...
Alright Randy, did ya get it out or not ? And if so, how ?
Like a whole lot of things in life, it's basically a chocolate and vanilla thing. I was never a fan of them myself and pretty much always avoided...
That's what I'd do. Use a coat hanger, with about a 1" 90 degree bend on the end. The curve of the nickel will allow the bent end to slide under...
Einstein said it best - "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Before anyone continues the conversation, re: what was edited above, no, we do not permit discussion of covid !
Because if you don't there is no grading standard, nothing to differentiate MS coins from circulated coins. You rather obviously have different...
Wrong lesson. The correct lesson would be to resubmit coins which were slabbed/graded before the TPGs all loosened their grading standards....
I see the answer as being quite simple, because there needs to be something, some definitive dividing line, that does not involve making a guess,...
Because wear is the primary determining factor that establishes/determines all of the circulated grades. For example, what makes one coin VF and...
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