In my post I talked about relying "partly" on their opinion. It's not a matter of relying only on their opinion or only on my opinion. There are...
I for one am not ashamed to pay someone else to look at my coins (Or actually I buy slabbed coins at market prices that someone else paid to have...
My sentiments exactly! I've been collecting and studying coins long enough to have reasonable grading skills, and can usually spot obvious...
I have heard that the paper inserts in the no line fatties may cause coins to tone inside the holder. Since the Stone Mountain I posted already...
MS-65 Stone Mountain in an NGC No Line Fattie. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
By the way, the toning on this coin looks a lot better in hand...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This fattie toned Stone Mountain just came in the mail today. Out of curiosity I tried to look up the slab type online and was...
Besides exotic early type coins and gold, I don't own any braided hair or classic head half cents. There are quite a few other 19th century type...
I love the toning! I just got a PCGS MS-65 in the mail last week that is blast white just like most of the other ones I've seen. Is it just me...
PCGS AU-50 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A nice commem from my home state. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
For that kind of money I'm better off taking my wife and kids to the beach for a week and shopping online while sitting under an umbrella with a...
Perhaps younger collectors are more apt to buy online than go to shows? With a wife and two kids at home it would be hard for me to get to a show...
I'm 41 and have been collecting since I was in 2nd grade.
I guessed 58 because it seems to have a bit of rub. However, it doesn't otherwise have many marks. If it's uncirculated maybe it would even go 64?
Definitely a nice looking coin regardless of the details grade!
I guessed details due to the roughness. I finally got one of these polls right!
I would hope that the TPG's are less forgiving of scratches that were put there deliberately versus those that happened through normal handling?...
There is some roughness in the obverse fields at 12:00, maybe details?
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