Sulla80, The Washington button is a fascinating piece of history & shows how Roman influence lasted for millennia :D. The coin posted below...
I've posted these coins before but will gladly post them again as long as you asked for some mint state folles :D. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I'm sure most collectors of Roman coins share your thoughts. Most collectors are satisfied to get a major type of a certain emperor or member of...
That is fascinating, it reminds me of the porcelain coins made in Germany. Glass is certainly going to were longer than copper or the zinc pennies...
I too was amazed at the low price of the bottles, but they get you on the admission price of $20 :p. Never the less, it's money well spent...
B.A., I agree, bidders weren't fooled by the over-grading :smuggrin:. Slabbed American coins have taken the fun out of collecting for anyone...
I'm a big Sting fan too :cool:.
Oldhoopster, I know the glass pieces you're referring to ;). They have on display antique American celery vases, circa 1825-1850, with hollow...
Last week two friends & I took a trip to the Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) to see a couple of new exhibits. The CMOG is the largest museum of...
The Wass Molitor $10 coin sold for $19,704.38. Rarity isn't a logical reason to give a coin special treatment regarding condition, & rarity...
Sulla80, Regarding your thoughts on the long duration of the Philip I Tets, are right on ;). Why abruptly change the design on a coin that had...
James, I didn't use Brian's quote because of one word, understand :). I do understand the grading scales & why most collectors use them. Before...
I think we all use those criteria when purchasing coins for our collections ;). I've never purchased a coin because a dealer said it was a...
TJC, You hit the nail on the head :D! Grading the $10 gold coin AU53 is absurd :wacky:. Aside from too much wear for an AU the coin has hundreds...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ex Al Kowsky collection. [ATTACH] Click images for a larger view.
All the TPG companies use the Brown & Dunn grading system that came about in the 1950s. Later numerical values were added ranging from 70 to 1....
I'm sorry, I didn't know you were new to coin collecting. If you go to the PCGS website or any other TPG service website, they explain all the...
N.S.K., Thanks, I'm glad some people "get it" :D!
Let's look at it another way :wideyed:. Pretend both coins are ancient. Which coin appears to have been graded more accurately o_O?
The coin pictured below is being offered for auction this weekend by G.C., & has been graded by PCGS, considered a conservative TPG company. Now...
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