Wow, I missed the 5th AND 6th Editions....thanks ! 2019 is very up-to-date time-wise. 4th Edition has 287 pages and the 6th lists 304 pages. My...
I didn't know he was an author, I'm gonna buy that !! Nice Job, JP !
Well, there is a stolen bag of 1928 Saints, 250 of them that were taken in the early-1930's ! :D But as for your outrage...it was over 100 years...
Engravers like Charles Barber would get choice coins and/or patterns but pay face value for them and follow government rules. Barber got a...
You might want to consider getting Roger Burdett'es From Mine To Mint.
[ATTACH] Here's some of my 2020 readings: (1) RED BOOK for Morgan Dollars: Always good to re-read this classic. I have the 4th Edition...
My only NGC dislike is of the slab that completely surrounds the coin. The white one. Forgot the nickname. On some of my moderns,...
Agreed....what I've never understood is how popular the crack-out game is and yet how many times are these veterans and long-time collectors...
Totally agree...but folks will just ASSUME or ask questions or try and link it. Nothing could change...hell, grading standards could get...
Not in any great quantity, I admit. But we've all seen the threads on Gradeflation with actual coins with actual grades going up sometimes 2 full...
A real hot potato going forward will be the buyout of CLCT, PCGS's parent. Justified or not, if there are any high-profile reports of misgrading...
You got them like that or you took them out of those CC plastic slabs that were part of the OGP ? Welcome Back ! :D
But isn't there the "doubt" factor that once you confirm that something is in fact an MS63 (and not 1 or 2 grades lower), it pays for the TPG...
I do detect less of an inistence among forum members here and elsewhere to MUST be in PCGS. Not so among Big Time Heavy Hitters.
Wow, one is being offered for 6-figures: :wideyed:...
But with most of the questionable or "outrageous" upgrades seeming to be on the PCGS side in recent years, you wonder if slowly that might change.
Even for CC coins ?
Maybe for individuals unfamiliar with the TPGs...but for dealers who may eventually buy these, if you have a few dozen (hundred ?) you can...
Agreed...if you have the $$$ and you know a coin only comes up every few years or worse maybe every decade....it's alot different then when I pass...
Have you bought other Morgans or GSA Morgans over the years or is that the only one you have ?
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