A seller offering returns or not is meaningless. It is not a red flag at all. If you get a coin that is not as described or otherwise doesn't...
From my experience, there are a few tiers of these art rounds. There's the Franklin Mint collector sets and such - usually sold either in a...
There are a lot of collectors who have a grade floor for their collections, i.e. a grade, below which, they are not interested in a coin for their...
I haven't bought anything since the gold Merc severely disappointed me with its level of detail and strike quality.
Rarity only has to do with the number of surviving examples. When you take into account collector demand, you're now talking about scarcity. These...
The above is also what I do. I buy coins for my personal sets which I don't necessarily buy with the intention of upgrading or selling later, but...
Too late to help you on this coin, but whenever I buy from a country in Europe or Asia that has sketchy postal service, I ask them to use EMS for...
Catalog values for these types of coins in uncirculated grades are erroneously low for many issues that are actually quite rare in high grades....
If the PVC residue is sticky and odiferous, I would not ship them to someone without treating them first.
The 1833 B-1 capped bust quarter typically shows die rust pitting on both faces. Here's an NGC AU55 example from my collection: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I see it, but I think it is MD.
See if you can match up the dealer pics with the PCGS cert photos. If you can find markers to indicate it's the same coin, go ahead and buy it....
Acetone is fine. Some war issues of reactive metals may have coatings applied by the mint that may be harmed though, but you also can't leave the...
These are worth $25 CAD.
Looks like white-out.
I agree. Looks reprocessed to me as well. Look at some original slabbed examples in the Heritage archives and you'll see what to look for.
Keep in mind, this guy isn't a coin dealer. He works at a pawnshop. He may not even be the owner and/or simply not care. Is he supposed to...
Some rotation, sure, but a perfectly aligned full 180 degree rotation seems more likely to be a knockoff made that way due to a lack of knowledge.
If the coin freely rotates in transit, then you can rotate it back yourself by holding the top edge and whacking the bottom edge against your knee...
This doesn't work for every coin. Very small and light coins like aluminum issues will never rotate like this unless the problem is with a gasket...
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