I was at MS-62 My thoughts exactly. There was no need for the bump. The value would assign itself as long as it graded NT. I was at MS-62. Any...
What magnificent pieces! :o Both have graced themselves on my want list, though the giant Olbia bronze in much higher on the list. If we are...
What EAC does is grade the coin based on its level of detail, and then give a “net” grade to correspond to its value after taking into account any...
That’s an excellent state of preservation
I know. Apparently to them that counts as “wear.” Check out the discussion on bag rub in my 1941 half dollar thread.
I think it is pretty obvious that I am asking for others to confirm whether or not I bought a fake.
I am pretty sure this is a fake, but make of silver instead of electrum. This is the closest “authentic” example I found....
That and the spittle in front of Liberty and the marks on the cheek kept me from going higher than MS-63. I have learned how to read PL/DMPL from...
This is exactly why I have spoken so strongly against market grading. It just creates confusion. The number assigned to this coin has no bearing...
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Experiment
MS-63 DMPL MS-64
I have two large lots of ancient Chinese coins up on eBay. Since they both start at $0.01 and have unconditional guarantees of authenticity, there...
In this case, the stranger and I had been talking about surface originality sometime before. He then showed me the coins he was considering buying...
Very much so. Just out of curiosity, will this be competition with David Sear like NGC is with PCGS?
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I cooked these in sulfur. This is as terminal as you get. [ATTACH]
Like: 1. Great variety in all price levels 2. Fair prices 3. Even trades. No “I will only let you trade that coin at a value of what I would give...
It looks much more unnatural now :(
I think it was net-graded due to the scratches on the reverse
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