I find that viewing coins goes better with a good glass of wine. Maybe it's just color-matching, but I find a full-bodied syrah or zinfandel goes...
One of my peeves against both NGC and PCGS registries is that they allow obscured sets. These are sets that are listed and ranked, but the public...
Got my PCGS 30th anniversary medal at ANA in Anaheim. Thanks to @Cascade and @C-B-D in guiding me on how to do it. Started looking at it and...
Has anyone noticed any difference in strictness or consistency of grading by NGC or PCGS in show grading versus regular grading? Graders may be...
The cent is mostly zinc with a very small percent being the more expensive metal, copper. Cents weigh 2.5 g, so there are 454/2.5 = 182 of them...
If a coin is submitted for crossover grading and succeeds, does the grading service notify the service which had formerly graded the coin? It...
First, this post does not refer to any specific past events. However, if one has a large, valuable collection, what would be the advantage in...
I'll never have to worry about having a $1M coin to grade, but on the PCGS form the cost for grading such a coin is 1% of value plus $250 plus $5...
How does early bird admission work? Do you have to pay for it or be a member? Cal
Don't know about other folks, but I tend to accumulate plastic grading boxes. You send in one coin, it comes back in a box with twenty slots .......
First, this post may not be what you hoped, but it'll be in the right direction. I live in California, and as many are aware, the state charges...
In the late 70's, my wife babysat for a well-to-do couple. Eventually, they decided to move, so after her last babysitting session, they gave her...
According to their website, CAC has bought over $400M in coins. Where do they buy them? Where do they sell them? Do they deal only in...
I wrote the following mostly as a reminder to myself, but others may find it useful. Shipping internationally is not discussed. All dollar values...
I'm personally interested only in U.S. coin slabs and am not concerned about oversize, over-thick slabs. Have recently tried NGC, PCGS and Whitman...
Curious to know if anyone has had a regrade coin go down in grade at PCGS. With a regrade, the coin is cracked-out of the holder by PCGS and...
I'm not a fan of half-grades (i.e. + grades) and don't think they're needed. However, looking through the pop reports of NGC and PCGS, + grades...
Does anyone know CAC's sticker replacement policy for: (a.) a slab that has had its sticker removed or damaged or (b.) a coin that has been...
Watched the Pogue auction at Stacks-Bowers yesterday. 1804 $1 was hammered "sold" for about $10.6 million and 1822 $5 was hammered "sold" for...
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