The quickest way to rule this out, other than knowing what all the different PCGS slabs look like, is to know that they use "AU58," not "MS58."...
I suspect the reverse picture is a generic picture and not that of the actual coin. I don't know that -- and I guess that's where Susan's...
As Louie says in Casablanca, round up the usual suspects. :) Nice little goodie bag you've found there!
Actually, NGC has been known to grade coins for special purposes and for particular promotions with just "brilliant uncirculated" listed as the...
I'd give the '65 MS-66, possibly SMS -- can't really tell for sure. the '69-S is about a 63, IMO.
I think the grade is about right. It's usually my impression that this seller overgrades by about 0.5 to 1 full grade on average, but sold as a...
The main reason it's hard to not get them all confused is that they all try to sound similar to "PCGS" or "NGC."
Perhaps so. There has to be a rational reason for doing this. From a legal standpoint, doing something that allows the defense to bring in the...
Agreed, and I said as much yesterday elsewhere. It seems like a BIG mistake for the plaintiffs to add deeper pockets -- and the added legal...
It makes me glad I found a way to get rid of one of their cleaned (but not disclosed as cleaned) "AU-50" coins for a good cause a few months ago:...
Wow -- that 1865 is nicer than the one in my collection! And congrats again on the '77. That's one heck of a find. You have some pretty good...
Personally, I just think the collector needs to consider the coin, and determine how they would value it based on the grade they assign to it....
Mostly ANA standards, but where my Indian cents are concerned, I also take the Fly-In standards (usually more conservative) into account.
I don't think that's a deep gouge. It appears to be a shadow at the edge of a raised area.
I'd say 64. There are just a few too many hits and scratches on the coin (and I can tell some of them are on the holder and some on the coin) to...
I have the original work by Snow, but that's like a decade old. The updated version is broken up mostly by decade (i.e. 1856-58, 1859-1869,...
I'd say VG-10.
Which is odd when the word "coins" is in the user ID. I'm willing to cut slack for novice graders if they stick to generic terms like "BU" or...
Agreed. More specifically, many O-mint Morgans are pitifully struck. A lot of folks look at a legitimately mint state, weakly struck O-mint...
I've picked up a few things from Heritage, both fixed price and at auction. The main downside for me is that I have to pay 8.25% Texas sales tax...
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