There is no difference except for the holder. The TPGs just set a percentage of coins to give 70’s and 69’s. If there are any noticeable marks,...
You can artificially set your location in another country in an eBay search. That will make otherwise hidden auctions show up. [ATTACH]
XF details. The color is indicative of a bad cleaning
Bust halves are the best series in all of US numismatics IMO. They are an attractive design that is affordable in the higher grades.
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Get used to it. You know they’re wrong, so don’t sell it to them. Maybe try to corner them with photograde or similar logic. Sometimes the coins...
They also routinely undergrade coins. It is also a seldom routine. I’m not sure what your point is. I can easily find overgraded and undergraded...
This is one of the only two reasons why I appreciate slabs. The population game is a dangerous path. The more coins that get sent in, the lower...
They do routinely overgrade coins. It is just a routine that happens seldomly.
Take a look at the 25C Those were just the two of the most blatant examples.
Yeah, no. I am not saying that I am better than the graders at the TPGs. I am only saying that PCGS is not the infallible perfection that many...
You aren’t worth arguing with anymore. That coin is clearly overgraded and you know it. Or maybe you don’t since you seem to blindly trust the...
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I’ve heard that ICG has gotten substantially better in recent years. I am seeing far more coins in their holders that I agree with than I did...
If they were sold to me as original and I trusted the seller, then I would return the coins. If I assumed that hey could be cleaned and paid...
The market grading crap got overly annoying, so I left the market altoghether. I don’t either. Actually, that’s a lie. All of the fuss is that...
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This thread inspired me to get one of the Roman imitative deniers. This will represent Rome in my “one medieval coin from each city I visited in...
I soaked the coin in acetone, and this is how it turned out after brushing under flowing water. I saw no evidence of a glue being used to apply a...
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