CGA is to paper grading is what ANACS is to coin grading. Slabs or plates from any TPG other than the top two will be discounted. Does this make...
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A person who holds coins as inventory for sale to collectors or other dealers....is a coin dealer. No licenses required (in TX, anyway). No...
Fantastic rainbows happen. AT techniques tend to leave telltale signs (color patterns/sequences, chemical residues, impaired patina, etc). You...
Sold an 1879 GSA (ungraded...probably 63) for $6750. I then bought it for $5800 and delivered it to my buyer. No regrets whatsoever.
low 300s. sheet gives dealer bid/ask for 65 and 67
Medo: Amen, I think. Check values of Charlotte and Dahlonega $5 goldies. Tiny mintages. But super cheap in comparison to mintages. Demand commands!!
Been practicing for 30 years, and my skin has thickened to the point of making me uninsultable. I'm a tax lawyer. Tax lawyers are your friends!...
Tom B makes a good point, beautifully illustrated by the Carson City Morgans. These were minted in 13 years, and I treat 1880R78 as a separate...
Green18: JA's numismatic operation ( not CAC ) had tables at the Houston Money Show in 2011-12. He was not present, bit was represented by an...
Two bit: to disparage CAC because of the behavior of certain dealers is unfair to CAC. I'm a dealer, and I do lots of Dealer-dealer...
Is will not quibble with the 5 here. The open field has minimal noise, the scuff mark on cheek is distracting, but it is the only distracting...
This is an example of how "track marks" are considered worser and more distracting than scratches. Those tracks resulted, most likely, from...
3, chance of 2. more than a minor amount of noise on face and open field in front of face. and the scratches on reverse seal the deal for me....
Green 18: I've been holding back the J.A. Info. He could be described as the "Father of TPG-Era Numismatics." Some will wretch at this notion,...
B-III: No sir! the green bean is not a 64.5, at least not for a coin on the edge of a huge jump. This 64+ green bean sold for $1350. More like...
Paying for a CAC review makes sense for a a small fraction of graded coins. Coins on the edge of a steep jump in value, or coins which fetch...
Boss Man: not surprised that some softies graded MS. But I have not seen a hard case GSA sub-60. Which was my question, at the top of this thread.
Ricky and Robin are class acts.
JG is the "real deal." Better described, JG is a dealer's dealer. Ran into him at the December Houston Money Shows in 2011-13. In 2011 and...
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