Can we go back to 1889? Puhleeez? :) I have no real low-mintage 20th century coins (that aren't proofs). Probably my lowest is this 12-S...
We all had to start somewhere. :) I can only imagine what my local coin dealer thought of me when I was young. ;)
There is no good answer to your question. All the "good" books are expensive and generally limited to a specific time range/series. The best...
p.s. I'll take coin #1.
Even if he did include drawings of each date, those pics aren't nearly large enough to attribute from. However, give me a good shot of the...
Or, even better, keep an open mind, evaluate the COIN not the holder, and most of all -- buy what YOU like and have fun....Mike
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A lot of what I considered to be accurately graded coins. I saw them in-hand so can't provide an example per-se. You can, however, take a look...
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OK, nevermind with the Q&A. I'll just come out and tell you... The question I asked was how do you define the "best" TPG. You responded, very...
I have already. :)
I want you to answer the question, and when you do I suspect you'll see that we don't all say the same thing. :)
No, don't tell me what TPG you think is best, tell me how you define the "best" TPG. In other words, how does one judge which TPG is "better"...
Define best.
Unfortunately, no, I don't. Just the meager large cent -- but I like her just fine. :) Have fun...Mike
Tmoneyeagles, Your blind allegiance to TPGs will cost you a lot of money unless you gain the requisite grading skills. We might have to call you...
From what I've seen. DGS is doing quite a good job of grading coins. That doesn't answer the OP's question -- as it seems to be a questionable...
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If you are being serious, please post them and compare their color to the coin posted above. I think you will find they look quite different.
I believe that there was never a California fractional piece with a bear on it. That would make three of the four later date pieces and not real....
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