Sent in the pair (U.S. silver medal and U.K. 2£ coin) to PCGS a while ago but can’t complain about the outcome … I was lucky. See the pics. 70...
Yup, just recognized by Guinness World Records. It’s gold with a face value of ¼ franc. Diameter is about 0.1 inch (3 mm) and weight about...
This is the first, but not the last, of I don’t know how many. Posting interval will vary from one week to decades. Try to answer from your...
Logically, it seems it should. There would be nothing to encapsulate if it didn’t cross. But maybe it’s just another rung on the status ladder...
Suppose you send a recently minted coin to NGC or PCGS, and it comes back graded 69. You look and look with magnification and can’t find a flaw....
Recently received some coins back from PCGS. Instead of the usual plastic box, they arrived in a white cardboard box. I like the design. It’s...
I’ve been a buyer on eBay for almost as long as it’s existed. I have over 1000 purchases (very few are coins) with 100% positive feedback. I’d...
I was astonished at the bright purple toning in this PCGS photo of a Morgan fifty cent copper pattern. It’s J-1602 and PR66+RB. And yeah, I...
Thefts occurred over 10 years ago, but legal wrangling over sentencing of thieves may still be going on. Superbowl rings awaiting distribution,...
NGC slab numbers (i.e. certification numbers) have a 6- to 8-digit number followed by a dash followed by a 3-digit suffix. The suffix is the...
I like to look occasionally at the shared orders on the PCGS website (see link below) to see what’s being graded and what the grades and...
53 years ago, a 6 year old boy in Russia shoved a 1 kopek coin up his nose. He couldn’t get it out and was afraid to tell adults. He then forgot...
The series is the art deco gold coins produced 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1936. See picture. Mintages in the first 3 years were very low but in...
They are advertising a coin that interests me, but I've never encountered them before? Has anyone bought from them, and how did it go? They...
In the past as now, Heritage provided full-slab photos of all coins. But they also provided closeups of medium to high-end coins. Now, I’ve...
In certain years, the Royal Mint blackened farthings (1/4 pence) so they would not be confused with half sovereigns. See the pic. How did they...
Likely the Mint will eventually institute a lottery system for limited issues. Folks could sign-in and get a lottery number assigned starting 2...
IF you have or are thinking about having competitive registry sets and hope to get a best set award, there is a big difference between PCGS and...
Seems to me that it’s the same coin that can be bought from many dealers … just has fancy packaging. If so, the mint stating a mintage of 7,000...
I haven’t bought from the mint in decades but thought I would take a chance on the end of WWII coins … especially the gold. Correct me if I’m...
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