That wasn’t the case here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/early-us-silver-coinage.331819/page-3#post-3334144 But such tooling is deception and...
I was offered this one, but the owner backed out and stopped responding altogether. He tied up my money for weeks. The reverse had been...
Depends. Is it a love token? Is it holed? Is it excessive damage? Were details added to make the coin look “better”? Was it just a poor, small,...
I always use percentages of problem-free values. I NEVER try to match that value up with a corresponding "net grade". A light wiping on an AU...
It is the most common of the type. The 1815 is scarce, but it isn’t the key date. It is about as rare as the 1822. The key dates are the 1823 and...
They don’t use numerical grades. They simply describe the state of preservation and let the market determine its value. Ancient coin grading is...
PCGS VF-20. Obviously cleaned, but not net graded at all. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] PCGS XF-40. Nice original XF-45/AU-50 which was...
No I didn’t. Market/net grading goes: Nice EF tetradrachm, but due to some tooling on the reverse, the grade is VF. Technical grading goes:...
EAC grading gives two clear, unambiguous grades: the level of detail and its value (if needed to be netted down for damage; never upwards). There...
Are those vertical lines in the fields hairlines or die polish?
That is market grading. It is evil and should not be done. It only serves to confuse the people who know how to grade and coddle those who don’t....
Any material, from dust to encrustation to the metal of the coin itself.
A “cleaned” coin is any coin which has had material removed from it at any point in its life. It only becomes improperly cleaned when an expert...
Sam Walton himself offered my grandparents 15000 shares of Walmart at $0.50 per share at the initial public offering. They turned it down to buy a...
Late, but my first thought was proof
XF-45
My only Celtic/Gaulish coin: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
No owls to post, but I sure enjoyed looking at all of you guys’ owls! @happy_collector is that your archaic owl?
Contemporary counterfeit Wang Mang spade [ATTACH]
Very nice aquisition! It is definitely going on the wantlist for sure! Edward I penny, struck in Dublin [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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