Nice, I wish I could have it! BTW, when I saw the title of your thread spaced out, I thought it was spam, lol.
These are not on eBay... They are faking the older Chinese coins too. They are also faking Silver Eagles now. [IMG] BTW, coins are just a...
These are all for sale on a website, where they can ship to the US. I have emailed PCGS and NGC, but they had never mentioned taking any kind of...
If I can't prove my knowledge in writing, then lets use some pictures. Test subject: 1964 cent. [IMG] Now I took a Dremel with a wire wheel and...
That's odd. I made the mistake of sending coins letter rate a few years ago, the machine tore the coin right out of the envelope.
That's really interesting. On a side note, HA is getting almost $20,000 buyers premium. The owners of these auction houses must feed their dogs...
Damage like this happens when the envelope is sent at letter rate instead of parcel rate. The letter rate mail gets sent through a roller machine,...
There are tiny pits all over the coin. A the bristles of a wire brush will dig into the metal and leave such pits.
The porous and bright surface suggests it was wire wheeled, yet the seller makes no claim of it being a details coin....
But WHY would anyone pay the cost to have this slabbed? http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=3406&lot=1009
Thanks for the article. So were these minted in the UK or in the US?
You mean this?...
Needs pics.
I bought this. Although it's not in my current collecting pursuits, I couldn't complain for a pre 1800 coin for less than four dollars....
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I was reading the membership packet that came from PCGS and more specifically the policies. It states that if anyone cracks out a PCGS coin,...
I found a new copy of "The Ultimate Guide to Attributing Bust Half Dollars" by Glenn Peterson. I read on another forum that a user prefers this to...
Anyone?
Here is an update. I found the "revised" edition, done in 1970 for $25. I also found the 4th edition, the one "most collectors do not prefer",...
Has anyone ever heard or collected a coin of different grades? Be neat to see a collection of morgans from grades PO1 to MS66
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