A beauty! Cal
Nice conservation job!
I'll be there 8/20 and 8/21. Cal
OK. Thanks Victor! It all makes sense now. Coincidence that an engraver in the 20th century would have the same name as a city that had a...
I know Turin is a city in Italy, and it was under French rule in the early 19th century. There was French mint there for a while. However, I...
By best, I mean a combination of quality and completeness of a particular issue. Considering all sets, I’m not sure. For some sets, like CC...
I wouldn't worry much about security of registered mail ... it is the most secure shipping there is. My insurance company charges the lowest rate...
Yup, UPS or FedEx are your choices. But, you will need private insurance. I have private insurance and use it for all coin shipments including...
I think we’ll remain in some disagreement … which is OK. What I’d like to see is two levels of awards: a lower level where percent completion...
I've been more unhappy with requiring certain varieties to complete a set. For example at NGC, a CC Morgan dollar set must contain two varieties...
When you state the top sets are not 100% complete despite being listed as such, do you mean the “Set Composition” /”Eligible Coins” is not...
Great find! Especially in that condition! Cal
I’m pretty much at E too. I like to collect short series of U.S., UK and French coins in high grade and enter them in registries. Short series...
Nice coin! I assume it was minted in the UK because it was produced by East India Company. But EIC does not own mints (AFAIK) but has Royal Mint...
There may be a difference in pricing dealer-owned versus consigned coins. If a dealer owns a coin, they should try sell it as quickly as...
My experience is different. Asking prices for coins that I've seen on dealers' websites have been about the same as asking prices at a show....
The info posted below is from NAC (a Swiss auction house) regarding their sale coming up June 10. Neat semantic trick to have coins considered...
There was air in the tube when the coins first went in it. Also possible there were non-gaseous toning substances (sulfides/sulfites/sulfates) on...
Coin pictured below is a 1928 French 2 francs piefort (double thick) silver coin. Graded MS63 by PCGS. Design is the famous semuse (female...
My impression (no direct experience) is that bitcoin transactions take 1-2 hours to complete on average regardless of when the last transaction...
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