Been thinking about this. I like the idea of doing a denarius set, but I also really enjoy collecting coins that you can't just go out and buy,...
Yeah, I forgot about registry sets. I'm just not into competitive coin collecting.
It depends what the purpose of the set is. I'm putting together a set of classic commemoratives right now that just happens to be mostly PCGS...
I have no idea how they factor it in. I found it a perfectly acceptable 64. The flaw wasn't all that distracting, and didn't affect the strike...
Years ago, I owned a beautiful 1911 Liberty nickel with a good sized planchet flaw on the reverse. It was graded MS64, but I wonder if it wouldn't...
PO-01+ ;)
Nope, totally agree, in fact. With a major service certified coin, my question upon looking at the coin is generally reduced from "what's the...
Yep, Civil War Tokens. They are pretty cool. :) There is actually a grading system for hobo nickels, but no grading service uses it. You'd...
I only own one ICG coin. It is a properly graded MS66 1982 "No P" dime.
Base your offer on the coin. If you don't know how to tell the difference between 64, 65, and 66, go learn that first. I don't mean that in a...
Looks like a bear to me, maybe?
It probably shows up at the correct angle under strong light. Your eyes are more sensitive to surface irregularities than you might think.
The only trick to cherrypicking is to know more about the coin in front of you than the person selling it. If there is a particular series that...
Lol... has this thread been resurrected every year for the past 7 years?
If I didn't care about coins per se and just wanted to make a convincing fake 1943 copper cent, I'd base the die off an MS67 cent. It'd probably...
I wasn't referring to "O mint strike," (which isn't really a thing anyway), just that it looks very well struck, as you said.
Definitely two different holders. The cert number checks out, and the digits I could make out on the later set of photos matches the first set....
What you've got here is pure and simple post mint damage. The plating has taken a good hit near the date and MM. There also seem to be signs of...
I'm just a shmuck buying what he likes, so I'm basically considering all the money I spend on coins to be gone. Besides, who wants to sell their...
I'm actually really surprised they're not more frequently and convincingly counterfeited. It seems like it would be really easy to make a...
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