The scale is fine if you only look at the prefixes. An MS coin has no wear, AU has light wear, etc. Fantastic. That works. The scale also works if...
The grade isn't really important. What is is that this has a zero percent chance of going 67 or better, so it's got to be a pass for him.
Great show today. Everyone was buying, unlike the last show. Also, numerous dealers without prompting remarked how NGC recently got a lot tighter...
Yeah but the problem is wear from circulation manifests with chatter in the fields and equivalent wear from non circulation sources doesn't, and...
I can buy something using the coins in an unbroken mint set at face value. It has circulated. It also is still mint state. That is undeniable.
MS stands for mint state though, not uncirculated. Clearly you can have coins that are in mint state that have circulated. You can also have coins...
This is the very height of idiocy.
I also do the double box and insist that people ship that way to me, for anything around $2k or above. It's an extra measure of security.
Thats wrong, it is covered by insurance. They don't cover coins as in if you're mailing cash in the mail. A slabbed coin as a collectible is...
Get a box that looks like a product like a picture frame or the like. Pack the coins in there well with padding and seal the box along with a...
You can't avoid making mistakes altogether when you are starting. I'm advocating that you do so with cheaper raw coins. You don't have the...
Mistakes early on aren't to be avoided. That's how you learn best.
I'm confused as to why you object to this, however, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say I should have clarified my intent with this...
There are no shortcuts in this hobby. The most important skill is developing your eye to be able to spot inauthentic and problem coins. Once you...
NGC is also the leader in world coins.
Got both of mine in the mail today as well. Same as you, peace dollars. One of my plaques had the wrong set name on it and I had to call them....
I bring a 5x loupe with light, a UV light for banknotes, cash, buy and sell lists on paper, inventory to sell, usually a reference book or two,...
Good info, thanks. I had figured since the line was incuse and increased in width with the height of the relief that it was a scratch on the...
It's there on all denominations of the original 1954 notes, though they reprinted them shortly thereafter once it was in the news that the devil...
Neither. Their price lists are for amusement purposes only. Find a source with recent actual sales. Keep in mind though that the exact same coin...
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