As for bidding amounts. If it's something unique (or nearly so) that I'm really set on, I don't factor in the fees. I just pay the extra if I win...
The Annandale Coin Show is also local. Similar to Vienna in terms of attendance, but it's about twice the size.
Well for semi-PL and PL, the surfaces mark much easier and the marks show much more strongly than equivalent marks on a matte surface. I would...
That doesn't account for differences in eye appeal from the general appearance and effect of an equivalent level of marks between matte and...
There isn't just one answer. It depends on what type of material you are submitting for grading.
I voted 62, but I'm really at 62+ on this one. 62/64, but the obverse isn't quite enough to carry it up to 63 for me.
Yeah this does actually make a lot of sense. The provenance adds significant value and slabbing is a good way to tie it to the nugget.
Beautiful sovereigns. I wouldn't put much stock in the PCGS world census grades. A PCGS MS65 for world coins is an NGC MS64 virtually 100% of the...
Ok so we have a sample size of 60, a mean of 64.5, and a standard deviation of 1.68. This means that the actual grade is between 64.1 and 64.9...
I voted MS64, but I think it's really a 64+ (wasn't an option for it) and no better.
Yeah this. I do this as well. The liability for shipping abroad from the US is not good; very expensive insurance without good coverage for...
Priority Mail Express International shipping from the US starts at around $25, but should get anywhere in the world rather quickly. This service...
Here's a very special Hungarian mint offering of a 2009 pattern set that I picked up yesterday (this photo is not my exact set, just an example)....
I include mounting instructions for every world coin on my submissions. They still mount them wrong on occasion, however, since I submitted them...
Since people are posting their grades now, I had also voted 64.
I recently picked up this 1992 Hungarian proof set. This is the first year for all of these types (post-Soviet coinage) and only 1,000 proof sets...
Good choices. Out of the modern Hungarian coins, my favorites are: The reverse of the 1946 2 fillér: [ATTACH] The obverse of the earlier 50...
I once bought a fully red late 19th century world copper from a seller in Europe. By the time it got to me it was brown. They had wrapped it in...
I have a bunch as well. Not much value, but you can get some interesting pieces.
Either is correct. They mean the same thing. Count your dentils and you'll be surprised sometimes. Just because the number is the same, doesn't...
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