Just read the definitions for grading that PCGS and NGC post. Prior to MS gem grades, hairlines are allowed.
Wow, that's a beauty!
The mint website got overloaded again. I had one of each of the coins in the cart (bag) yesterday at 12:01..., the site kept crashing as I tried...
Well, if you purchase one of the supposed 1/10th oz Cook Island gold coins thinking it's one tenth an ounce of gold, you just got schnookered....
With Cook Islands, you also have to be very careful to avoid their misleading ".24 Fine" gold coins which are being sold as solid gold...they are...
I usually notice a very slight break in the "frost" of the design on proof coins that get the PR69 grade. The PR70 ones usually have...
The fellow who runs the coin shop I visit frequently gets these situations often. He puts eBay up on his computer screen, lets the customer see...
I was in the same situation a few years ago and decided to try taking a table or half table at a nearby monthly coin show. As someone else here...
Your photos are awesome!
Nice strike on the 28!
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I agree. Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice, shame on me.
I am pretty sure it has to do with the -.40 number changing on a regular basis as the market changes; whereas the .715 is a constant that everyone...
A "bag" is $1,000 face value of coins. For that amount, this firm is paying 40 cents under the silver melt value times 0.715 which is the amount...
This is a good guide (and changes daily): https://trading.upstatecoins.com/wp-content/uploads/dealer.pdf
The amount varies daily and of course depends on the dealer.
I vote "genuine" if anyone is still keeping a tally.
I wouldn't call them scratches. I think it's something to do with the process of rolling the planchets flat. More experienced minds on this...
Those lines on the cheek may have been in the planchet before it was struck.
The best advice I received which worked, was to "experiment." Please check your dictionary, I'm not sure why you don't like that word. Once I had...
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