What if it was a good coin that happened to be in a slab with a sticker on it?
Nobody says you have to use the CAC, and your argument is no different than the TPGs. Certainly you have a valid point about the amount of funds...
Conservation of copper, particularly red copper, is always a crapshoot. I'm sorry to hear you came out on the short side of that equation. :(
Not having a bad day, but perhaps it came out a bit on the blunt side. This is not a new topic here or elsewhere, and I've yet to read a logical...
Are you sure they won't? Have you called or asked? How did you arrive at this conclusion?
You are most welcome. There is a lot of misinformation about the CAC -- much like I understand there was when the TPGs first came into...
Bingo!
You are wrong. JA has been grading coins for longer than NGC has been in business. He was one of the founders of PCGS in 1986.
I've used the service -- on my own coins -- and to the best of my recollection I have only purchased one coin with the CAC label already affixed....
First off, John Albanese has as much experience as the TPGs. Don't let the fact that the CAC has only been in business for a short time to fool...
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8,15,45,40,68dcam
I agree 100% with Lehigh, above, and that's the main reason I recommended passing on the coin at the higher price. These coins are ridiculously...
VF 30 Nice example of the type, too.
For every real one of these you see 100 fakes. Your advice is well founded.
VF details, corroded. Net VG. Worth about $25, IMO.
"What did it look like when graded?", asked the curious copper collector falling down the ratings..... Heck if I know. I grade the coin 64 as...
Is this a repeat? The coin, for some reason, reminds me of one I didn't guess the last time around. What the heck. 64
I can't answer your question, but I, too, have seen Pilgrims with very prominent die polish lines.
Very pretty. Shane, If you don't mind my asking.... Where did you come by these? Any back story on their storage method. You don't see them...
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