I have saved a couple of very old flips with that greenish ring of glop. I saved them to remind me just in case I should ever be dumb enough to...
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Many replies above illustrate the problem of DETAILS grading. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COIN AND NOT THE LABEL! Of course, that's true of straight...
Lots of re-engraving in the hair, and a pebbly overall appearance that makes it look chemically treated, though I'm not sue by what. Maybe whizzed...
The Money Talks presentations are also going to be presented through the e-Learning Academy. This could be the beginning of a new way of...
Except that the TPGs are VERY inconsistent. I have seen 30 point differences between slab and EAC grade, and the TPGs don't give grades to coins...
Depending on the amount of luster, if any, the sharpness would be AU or XF. Net grade somewhere in the Fine to low VF range due to the graffiti...
I had a set of classic silver commems that sat in a Whitman folder for a couple of decades. Most, but not all, of them toned. Some very prettily....
Lots of good suggestions above. Technically, acid-free paper does not exist. What the term means is paper buffered to a neutral or slightly...
Definitely varieties.
My comment about Sheldon, et al., is that we stand on the shoulders of felons.
Conder is correct about the reason for no 1815 cents. However, the cents coined in late 1815, if any, were certainly dated 1814 as were all of...
The "grade" on a modern fantasy piece like this should be irrelevant to anyone.
Many years ago, it would have been a no D. Now, it is a weak D. Unless it is die pair #2 with the strong reverse, it won't bring no-D money.
I absolutely agree. The flattening probably did not happen to the obverse because when it was hit it was on a piece of smooth leather or the like....
In practice, we have a couple of gurus who provide net grades for coins in auctions: Mark Borckardt at Heritage and Bob Grellman at Goldbergs....
Thanks for the compliment. The book did very well for the club. We were proud of it, and it did win the NLG Book of the Year award. I don't think...
I have one. It's OK for a new toy. I never use it any more.
In the early copper arena, most experienced collectors don't care what the slab grade is. Heritage and Goldbergs list EAC grades along with the...
When we wrote the EAC Grading Guide, we could not find the specific antecedents to Sheldon's grades except the following: H.O Granberg, of the...
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