Also, full disclosure, the census data is as follows: Monitor - NGC has 5 in MS65BN with none finer, PCGS has none in 65 (64 is the top). Both...
Hello CT! Rob (@lordmarcovan) and I have been negotiating a trade on two tokens beloved in our respective collections, that really ought to be in...
Yuck.
Are we talking about gunk or staining? For gunk, start with distilled/purified water soaks. Work up to acetone soaks. For staining, there really...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Seller's pictures. I got this one for just under $30 shipped. Although not terribly rare (R.3), this is an amazing example of...
NGC is 45mm - just ran into this on a recent submission.
I am reluctantly cleaning house to make room (physically and financially) for more Civil War tokens, and as such, have decided to let these two...
I think I've figured out the @ed wood 654 grading system, which is self-described as fool proof. You only grade coins that are previously graded,...
Thank you.
Since the types that are struck were never struck by the US mint, they get by without the "COPY." They are billed as fantasy pieces, not replicas.
Amazing, Bob! What a collection!
I collect Civil War tokens above all, so I refer to the Fuld Storecard Guide (3rd Edition, 2nd Edition), the Fuld Patriotic Guide (5th Edition)....
There really isn't anything that screams bourgeoisie more than a Tiffany & Co change holder filled with gold, is there?
I've got a couple of friends that are urban artists - it's amazing stuff, considering the medium and the size of the works!
I've gotten a few great deals thanks to scanner pics. I've probably given some too, before I got my camera set up.
Take a core sample to ensure it is 90% all the way through.
[ATTACH] From my personal collection, recently upgraded. One of the tougher Columbus merchants, this is a Fuld OH-200J-2a die pairing, Rarity 5. I...
I agree. A lot of the big houses trade on their names and reputation. They are able to bring in heavy hitters for important coins, so that fee...
17.5% seems to be about the norm now. I will say, the bigger auction houses tend to make this easy to work with since they show the fees as you're...
I'm in the consensus with both of these being details coins, unfortunately.
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