PCGS has a good book about counterfeit detection, but it may be necessary to learn specific diagnostics on several series of coins to keep up with...
I have an update on the album. Like ever body else, I was concerned about the air-tites getting scratched. So I came up with an easy solution....
Sorry for the bump, but we need more votes. Get on it.
I think that you took the first baby steps toward your goal. Read all that you can on photography, grading, counterfeit detection and trading...
Oh yea, another beat up on Detecto thread.
Honestly, for the amount that the mint produces, I think that they do a great job. But the quality suffers a bit due to the speed of production,...
MS-66PL I didn't know that the mint could produce that quality of business strike anymore.
It is true that a fingerprint can etch into a coins surface, but it does take some time. I have no idea how long that fingerprint has been there,...
You can crack them out and see if a little acetone will get rid of the finger print. Loosing the holder wouldn't be any loss.
I remembered reading it about a year ago, so I looked for it again.
MCPCG is not a grader that I would recommend for reasons just like this. Use PCGS, NGC or ANACS. Even ICG would never allow that to pass.
I think this will help. http://www.shieldnickels.net/1883_2/1882Filled2_Page2.html
I have some notes in my wallet that are in alternating directions rite now. The notes may not have been new when it happened. I am no note error...
Sorry to agree with your dealers, but I don't think that this is an error note. I would only be guessing as to what caused it, but the images...
About being a broker, it is very tough to do. I did it for a bit fairly successfully by finding investors to purchase high end coins that local...
Really dude? It has already been explained. Even if the sentences do not have perfect English, you can understand what they are trying to say.
Squeeze job, that is why the Barber image is mirrored.
Are these the coins from your thread http://www.cointalk.com/t205852/?
So much that my wife (now x) actually slapped me on the auction floor.
That coin looks overgraded to me. I would put it at MS-64. No way does it upgrade to MS-66.
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