I don't crack them as much as I used to when I'd whack the edge with a hammer. Nowadays I wrap the slab in a towel and squeeze the ends in a...
I've felt this way for a very long time, but we must remember that it may not always be an imperfection (I'm presuming you mean a mark) that...
I'll only hold out if I know the coin I seek will really be available to me. There are surely some coins for which the attractive example is so...
They can try to prop the price up, but they will tie up untold inventory dollars doing so. I have never bought a mint state SF double eagle dated...
Careful . . . don't be callin' people names now. As for meeting at a show someday, I look forward to it.
I'm not trying to be argumentative either. There is only one point on which we disagree. I feel you should ask, and you don't. I'm curious...
The end does not justify the means . . . you should have asked and, if refused, you should have returned the coin.
Ahh . . . but you should still have asked first, should you not?
I would have sided with you as well, but not because you have the right to remove a coin from a sealed or temper-evident holder . . . you do not....
Kudos for the discovery.
This is awesome Paddy. It harkens back to a time when one could focus far more on one's pocket change, and much less on magazine ads, local shows...
It's important to feel satisfied that you are doing a good job, but remember that self-improvement always stands between the best and perfection....
I think it's a tossup between 63DMPL & 64PL.
Kudos . . . Exceptional find!
An invaluable reference on this subject is Proof Coins Struck By The United States Mint, by Walter Breen, of which I see 4 copies available on Amazon.
Tape a note into the album explaining that the hole is occupied by a counterfeit simply to indicate completion of the series, and that it...
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