This is why I mostly do world coins now. I realized that on my budget I could either assemble some pretty good US sets, or some truly world class...
Good enough for low value coins.
Well, it's possible that we are. From the pictures it looks to me like it goes down through the devices not along top of them. But it's hard to...
I have a pattern that was struck on a planchet bisected by a straight line scratched through it (which straight graded). The effect is quite...
In my experience, patterns are given more leniency.
I've never tried it, but it seems like a reasonable idea. Give it a try.
Perhaps, but the language in their policy is vague enough to let them call any grade discrepancy a mechanical error without providing any such...
They have an even better way out of honoring the guarantee on absolutely every coin. Look at this excerpt from NGC's guarantee under Clerical or...
I'm not suggesting that it does. My point is that this is what happened with US coins. The relevance is more that buyers that come from a US coins...
In many cases, yes. The uniformity of modern coinage can make date sets rather boring and thus to add challenge to a set you can go for a target...
Have you tried simply weighing each roll? If the weight doesn't match a full clad roll, open it.
Yes, but keep in mind some of the price increases are due to people realizing based on the census data just how rare some coins are in particular...
A new pickup for my modern Hungarian patterns set from the Nudelman auction: Hungary 1946BP 10 Fillér Aluminum-Bronze Pattern of KM-530 Mintage...
You won't lose money buying bills at face.
I've been on the receiving end of getting a mixed up coin twice. One time the one I received was much more valuable than what I bought, but of...
If you want to search for errors or varieties, stick to high grade coins. Low grade coins have to have much more dramatic errors to be worth...
Congrats. I just found one of my common white whales the other day as well. Took me several years to locate a $2 coin.
You're not going to have much luck finding guides on how to apply US grading to specific world coins. Many countries have their own grading scales...
The final two modern patterns I've selected from the collection I'm purchasing: On January 1st 2012, Hungary renamed itself from the Republic of...
Picked up another modern Hungarian pattern. This is a pattern of Hungary's first bi-metallic issue. After this revision of the 100 forint in...
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