I'll only hold out if I know the coin I seek will really be available to me. There are surely some coins for which the attractive example is so...
They can try to prop the price up, but they will tie up untold inventory dollars doing so. I have never bought a mint state SF double eagle dated...
Careful . . . don't be callin' people names now. As for meeting at a show someday, I look forward to it.
I'm not trying to be argumentative either. There is only one point on which we disagree. I feel you should ask, and you don't. I'm curious...
The end does not justify the means . . . you should have asked and, if refused, you should have returned the coin.
Ahh . . . but you should still have asked first, should you not?
I would have sided with you as well, but not because you have the right to remove a coin from a sealed or temper-evident holder . . . you do not....
Kudos for the discovery.
This is awesome Paddy. It harkens back to a time when one could focus far more on one's pocket change, and much less on magazine ads, local shows...
It's important to feel satisfied that you are doing a good job, but remember that self-improvement always stands between the best and perfection....
I think it's a tossup between 63DMPL & 64PL.
Kudos . . . Exceptional find!
An invaluable reference on this subject is Proof Coins Struck By The United States Mint, by Walter Breen, of which I see 4 copies available on Amazon.
Tape a note into the album explaining that the hole is occupied by a counterfeit simply to indicate completion of the series, and that it...
This should not, and probably will not be treated as a minor stuck through by NGC, simply because it is on a coin intended for, and manufactured...
Look at all of the alphas and numerals . . .
This coin just barely caught my eye at lunchtime because I thought it looked very wrong. I know different dies sometimes can deliver subtle...
My pleasure Larry . . . your business is most appreciated. - Mike
Yes, I suspect that coin has been heated.
I've seen enough toned gold to know that it does indeed tarnish naturally, and even does so with only trace levels of other elements in the metal....
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