I wonder if doing that would be cost effective for the company, and thus the collector. NGC and PCGS already offer additional photography services...
Yes that was my first "crack" at it, and hopefully my last. The plastic seems to be specifically made to be tamper resistant. In addition to what...
Sort of a late response, but the experience the OP describes is common when dealing with people that are both impulsive and generally introverted....
My recent experience with cracking PCGS slabs tells me you pretty much would need the same type of equipment the grading companies use. The...
That did the trick, I'm on it now. Wow, you got so many of the gold issues! I had some of the silver pieforts from the 1970's, but these are much...
I used to buy and sell stuff on Craigslist, but then I realized that the number of people who were sorely uninformed or outright clinically insane...
I'll have to get a cheap slabbed coin and try that out. It does make perfect sense though. Thanks for the knowledge. =)
There is plenty of evidence out there that the major TGPs sometimes get things wrong. Having a second opinion is common in everything now-a-days....
Great info Gary. =)
Well, in uncirculated condition with at least some luster they generally go for $30 to $40 as a raw coin (sometimes higher for a nice BU). An...
Does that apply to the new PCGS and NGC slabs as well? I had a really tough time cracking them, and I din't see a single seam that wasn't sealed...
If they are from the Paris mint, there will be no marks, but the poissy mint issues have a lightning bolt below the denomination:...
Eset NOD32. It's known to be overly conservative though. I'll have to try from my desktop when I get home.
I had one for a little while, but then I woke up. =)
Hmmm, my firewall blocks that site as "potentially damaging content"... wierd.
All modern bullion pieces struck by the Mexican government would have either an Mo mintmark or "casa de moneda" on them. This one has niether, and...
The three Indian coins are indeed 50% silver, the other coins are all copper-nickel. The "1 franc" coins are from Morocco. Probably 1921 but there...
Well the first two are pretty straightforward, a Hupeh province dollar and a Japanese 1 yen. The last pic would be a Fengtien province dollar,...
It's a modern novelty interpretation of the coin. I have the same ones, 2 and 4 escudos that are virtually identical to the one you posted. Its...
Wow, I don't know about rubbing salt on the surface of a coin, but salt mixed into vinegar will work great for copper.
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