PCGS offers this option, obviously NGC does not, don't know why exactly. One order looked interesting shared, very high end: Line #Item #Cert...
I had a $20 Liberty gold coin that proved to be a counterfeit a while back. Subsequently I spoke with Universal Coin on this and they told me...
I wonder if sharp members of this site could give an assessment of the likely grade of the 55DDO? [IMG][IMG][IMG]
I was speaking with Joe of Gardner Coin at his shop last week, as I had looked at a couple of 1799 Bust dollars that were around VF in grade...
This is something I have noticed when I ship a high value item overnight express through their shipping label download system; without fail...
I was at an area pawn shop today where the manager showed me this 1916-D Mercury dime; I tried to get a good close-up of the MM knowing how...
A Mr. Burg of Colorado was convicted as both a coin dealer cheat with his customers and a tax non-filer:...
[IMG]I picked up this coin yesterday, an Isabella quarter. My thought on grade is MS62, the dealer was raving about it as an MS64, I think he is...
OK, just thought I would relay another warning on accepting checks from strangers. This gentleman was conned out of his $20 Liberty gold coin, an...
Just got this one back from grading, another purple holder. Do copper coins ever get successfully conserved with surfaces like this? [IMG][IMG]
I recently had this shockaroo from NGC; an 1859 Indian cent I figured around MS63 that graded as a spot removed coin: NGC cert. number for image,...
I have come to the conclusion that without many specific examples of success and failure in any given field, broad principles or theories become...
I sent out a couple old World coins to get certified at NGC a couple of weeks ago, one was a 1689 "Wildman" from the German republic, it graded...
I just picked up my latest copy of the alternate month newsletter, Rosen Numismatic Advisory. This issue is about Peace Dollars. Did you know...
[ATTACH] I was showing some of my certified currency to some elderly gentlemen a while back and they were wondering what the difference is...
1896 $1 "Educational" note was being offered by a flea market vendor today in New Milford. He wanted $175 for it. I researched it and came back...
Conventional wisdom is that this proof $20 in the Smithsonian is the most valuable U.S. issue. Is this true?
I spoke with a dealer who had sold me a Bust half dime a while back; I saved the dealer's flip that indicated the coin was choice AU. He charged...
My observations at the show yesterday in Manchester: most of the significant buying had happened Thursday night before the show officially started...
I spoke with both NGC and PCGS on getting proper coin images for auctions, etc.; NGC charges $5 per coin or currency item; PCGS requires that...
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