We need to understand that the two things, mintage and survival rates, have nothing to do with each other. It's pretty common for coins with lower...
I find it hard to imagine that some can't see the chatter that was mentioned. [ATTACH] (click on the pic to see it full size)
No, not at all. Yes they absolutely do ! The coin is without a doubt grossly over-graded, I'd say by 3 grades. In other words if it was graded...
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Cheer up Charley, there is hope. "Excessive sighing may be a sign of an underlying health condition. Examples can include increased stress...
Alright Randy, did ya get it out or not ? And if so, how ?
Like a whole lot of things in life, it's basically a chocolate and vanilla thing. I was never a fan of them myself and pretty much always avoided...
That's what I'd do. Use a coat hanger, with about a 1" 90 degree bend on the end. The curve of the nickel will allow the bent end to slide under...
Einstein said it best - "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Before anyone continues the conversation, re: what was edited above, no, we do not permit discussion of covid !
Because if you don't there is no grading standard, nothing to differentiate MS coins from circulated coins. You rather obviously have different...
Wrong lesson. The correct lesson would be to resubmit coins which were slabbed/graded before the TPGs all loosened their grading standards....
I see the answer as being quite simple, because there needs to be something, some definitive dividing line, that does not involve making a guess,...
Because wear is the primary determining factor that establishes/determines all of the circulated grades. For example, what makes one coin VF and...
I think the scale works great, individually or put together. And yes, I readily agree with you that an AU58 often "looks" better, sometimes even...
It's quite simple, wear is identified by breaks in the luster.
The problem with what the TPGs do when they grade coins with wear on them as being MS is that all they can do is guess, or assume, what caused the...
Yeah, sometimes it does, particularly when the wear is significant. But there are a whole lot of time that it doesn't. A lot of the time a coin...
Nope, not like that at least. I did collect various coins, gold mostly, some silver,, and even some copper, from the various countries of Europe...
Pick up an ANA grading book guide, open it to where it list the grade descriptions and grading criteria for the MS grades for any coin you choose,...
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