Bless your heart.
I believe that if you look at enough of them, eventually you can pick out the tiny little flaws that downgrade the coins to 69. Not enough of a...
How is my comment an "elitist assumption"? I was asking an honest question. How many people do you think honestly study a coin and agree with the...
I know older thread, but I have seen these sometimes lately. Wow, that is a bad design. High relief is cool and all, and I think more collector...
The hobby always says buy the coin not the slab, but how many really do? How many people even know how to properly grade anymore? That is the...
I am currently buying a series issued over the last 23 years. If I would have bought direct from the mint I would have spent many thousands over...
Yeah, I am at work so cannot pull out my WB, but date looks low and mintmark abnormally high. It could be a variation but I do not remember it...
I see tons of silver now that it is not sexy like the early 2010's. I am running out of room for it, but still buy stuff like poured Englehard...
Interesting post. First thing that drew my eye is her eye. Seems "wild" if that makes sense. What diagnostics do you use sir?
Let us think what would happen if I were correct, that TPGs manipulate their grades over time, constantly lowering them in order to drive new...
Whose "standards"? Not a third parties, nor the ANA's. TPGs have their own standards they profess, so by definition if they assign a grade it is...
I view part of the problem with beginners not accepting being beginners as the internet. Way too many people think they can Google something and...
Yes, I agree. I bought 1 gram bars at melt before. If you are known to your dealer, he will throw things like this your way just to move product...
I would agree but....... repunched over what? A RPM you can usually make out enough traces of the under mm. What would they be punching over? Not...
I would imagine the insurance company that paid the claim owns it. The buyer did not have to pay, the seller most likely got the insurance...
I agree, most likely a Justin and Sophia issue. Most duel portrait coins like this are.
People who claim "PMs are money" are confusing relative worth for money. Money is the government authorized medium of exchange, PERIOD. They USED...
Yeah, a very cursory introductory book. Of course it has to be, the subject is way too massive to be covered in a single book. However, Dr....
I agree, actually surprisingly new 5 baht, it is Rama X, who took over from the longest serving monarch in the 20th century, Rama IX.
Yeah, the lack of busy coin shops is irrelevant to me due to the rise of online sales. You are not seeing these like you did in the coin shops of...
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