While that's an extreme example of the skewing of the population reports, there are many examples that are meaningfully skewed by resubmissions,...
I bring those in to my department at work. Good motivators, they are . . .
I would characterize a key date as being one of the showstoppers in the series. Take Seated Half Dimes for one example. While there are plenty...
That doesn't stop people from collecting most Morgan Dollars in Choice BU.
I'll be there . . .
I sent a message, asking if he'll take cash.
Cuds are breaks in dies which produce raised features above those of a normal coin, whether at the rim or not. Cuds at the rim are called rim...
The OP mentioned that the bump is high (tall in my mind), which I think precludes it being a strike thru.
While unusual, it is unlikely to have progressed into a much larger cud . . . a rather small one connected to the nearby rim, yes, but not a large...
Yeah, I dislike that too . . . intended as a marketing redirect, it's nothing but a waste of time to me. Maybe others appreciate being taken to...
"This" (the grade) does not determine value. The attributes of the coin do that. When newspapers, periodicals and mailings were the only...
Okay, that was much faster than I expected. I reported just after noontime when first biting into my sandwich.
The real problem here is not that very nice coins are being bumped to reflect what they are really worth . . . that's just a symptom of the root...
What's not to like about this coin? https://www.ebay.com/itm/one-dime-1866/273531587491?hash=item3fafc0cba3:g:FlgAAOSwRrlb1tBi:rk:3:pf:0
Yes
Actually, I first paid a healthy premium just to get the coin, and then was offered the box at an additional premium. Suffice to say, this was...
I don't think they'd boost the grade for the coin being a better date, however I do believe they'd do so because it is a nice problem free...
That coin is technically a VF30 / VF35 all day long, but I believe both PCGS and NGC would grade it an XF40.
A PQ PCGS MS62 1914-D Quarter Eagle . . . [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A 1923-S SLQ in PCGS VF35 with that coveted 4 digit date . . . [ATTACH]...
I'd think it unusual to find a dearth of slabs at shows, however I believe I recall @V. Kurt Bellman indicating that raw material seems to be more...
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