Understand, John, but NGC and PCGS only recognize very limited sets of varieties. You can request it all day, pay the fee and get nothing....
Before you go sending them off, make sure your TPG of choice will even do the variety attribution you want. Some only do a limited number of...
A details grade would be assigned for issues like scratched or cleaning.... "AU Details, Cleaned" instead of one of the 4 AU grades (AU50, AU53,...
Yes you need a membership. But the form on the website should be the current ones with the updated rates. Call Customer "Service" Sigh
Dyslexics of America Untie - there is no doG.
Dan: PCGS (you keep using the wrong initials) They sell memberships, which come with vouchers that cover most of the cost of grading so you are...
Not really, given your horizon the options narrow. If you intend to sell near term, PCGS tends to bring the highest prices. If you want simple...
Usual question is why? Maximize sale price? Confirm authenticity? Protection? Different answers suggest different choices...
My pocket piece is one of those pad-printed colorized 1921 Morgans. I soaked it in acetone for a year and finally bumped the last bits off with a...
To quote Bones McCoy It's dead, Jim Either way
That's a fairly common view, with ANACS for varieties (they simply certify more of them from more sources). And ICG for contemporary counterfeits...
What a load of bunk. CAC is not a grading service. Rather they review already encapsulated coins from PCGS and NGC. They never actually handle...
There is definitely a preference for 'first sight', i.e. fresh rattlers out of dear old Dad's SDB now that he's dead. Those are great upgrade or...
Letters matter. PGCS is the one you are thinking of. PCGA is a garbage grader using the old NumisTrust slab.
It's a tool. It has a place. LLMs can generate text that reads correctly, which is an improvement. Twas mimsy and the slithy tove also reads...
How can you tell the difference between the usual garbage eBay listings and the AI-generated hallucinations???????
All of them. A. it's a cent, not a penny - those are minted in the UK B. All US Cents minted in Philadelphia are without mintmarks, except in...
Actually, Cal, I think Quentin will have more trouble getting his designs printed on a T-shirt if he can't say that the work isn't subject to...
@eddiespin not strictly true. If you follow the page @CoinCorgi pointed us at, you will find there are special rules for the 50SQ, ATB, NWQ, and...
The laws and customs of your village are not the laws and customs of the entire world. Copyright law is one of the more obtuse and obscure areas...
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