After having a discussion about the frequency with which TPGs make mistakes on their slabs, I encourage members to post their own finds of slabbed...
I have some expertise in a very limited area of interest. TPGs have a much broader area of focus. But I have found very rudimentary errors in...
It is definitely a "weathered" Chinese Counterfeit so I'm glad I'm not the winning bidder anymore. Thanks to Typecoin for providing a link to the...
I suppose so. I just hate bidding against others who are unaware that it's PROBABLY fake (albeit a good one). I'd like a lottery ticket, not a...
There's nothing to be gained arguing about why you trust them and I do not. My experience and yours are different which leads is to the...
If you trust them, then it's your risk. I trusted them before I gained some expertise in a specific area and found them incompetent. It's not...
I trust my own abilities far more than third party graders. They get it wrong far too often to trust them for authentication. Perhaps they are...
My expectation is that it is a Chinese counterfeit which has been artificially weathered and beaten up to look old. But it has many elements which...
I'm looking at a coin which is either a distinctly new variety on both obverse and reverse or a fake. How much would you gamble on such a coin...
I expect both ignorance and misrepresentation on eBay. It may not make it right, but is expected. I reserve my anger for TPGs who are grossly...
I can quickly eliminate 1796 Reverse BB/1797 Reverse T on the 1796 NC-7/ 1797 NC-8/S-143, 1802 Reverse E on S-231 and 1802 Reverse L/1803 Reverse...
This was just purchased from a dealer who has misattributed it as 1807. What do you think? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hint! The reverse is key to...
I have a condition sort of like that. I use a bipap and after about 5 hours, I have to get up and let my nasal passages rehydrate. I am always...
The berry at (T)E is distant from both the leaves above and below unlike either the S-140 or S-141 where it is either into the leaves above or...
The extra long dentils show up occasionally in 97 and 98. The close date is common with the early 98s as is the Large 8 which is obscured on this...
I just logged on, but as Conder already mentioned, the style 1 hair limits it to 1796, 1797, 1798 or the first obverse of 1800. I'll check...
I was just about to seek confirmation for my new find when a little research burst my bubble. This appeared to be a 4G or obverse of S-216 paired...
[ATTACH] The Reverse in case you're interested.
I don't mind problem coins with the appropriate discount. I just wouldn't pay for one at the problem free price. As a matter of fact, I just...
You'd need to be independently wealthy to overlook G, AG and even Fr in Early Date Large Cent collecting. I presume that's not an area of interest...
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