Aren't you paying a rich premium to the gold content for sub-1 oz. coins ?
I wanted to buy some graded bills -- Silver Certificates, low-serial number commons, etc -- for upcoming graduation and bday presents. Just...
You can buy little acryllic holders that will angle the slabs. Wizzard sells LIGHTHOUSE stuff that is very nice, see-through boxes for your...
Specifically, what ? Have they changed the designation or are you talking about ad hoc grade inflation like the threads I cited ?
Franklin's are a bit more obscure, what are your thoughts on the posts and comments and links (including mine) about Franklin's getting upgraded 2...
This makes sense to me, and I am not into toned coins.
You wonder if higher demand -- from toning to just higher numbers of deep-pocketed bidders -- leads to higher prices for an illiquid commodity...
You make some good points, but let me play Devil's Advocate: Someone submits a medium-tough to get Saint Gaudens Coin. Not a common but not one...
I think that's what happened...and then owners submitted to CAC...and that coin then had both great eye appeal, was correct for the grade, AND got...
What does that mean ? If a coin has great "eye appeal" but lots of nicks and scratches, then I presume it wouldn't have great eye appeal, right ?
I'm sure they are under alot of pressure, especially newer, younger graders. John Albanese says he looks at 450 coins a day. That's alot to...
It's simply easier and more practical to have a billfold with 10 $1 bills or whatever rather than 10 coins.
Here's the CU link to the story on the 1953 (not 1958) Franklin re-grade and over-grade:...
Lehigh, very good point about the new toning influence on grading standards.
I'm not an expert on all the ins-and-outs of the top echelons of the coin hobby, I freely admit. Legends is Laura Sperber's outfit, right ? She...
BTW, I think this whole Franklin FBL discussion and the increased grading was originally at another website. I know it involved Franklin's. I...
I agree. Even if someone is an expert, I don't see how they can grade (old) coins in the time that they allot to each one. And when you have a...
Not likely. Because said coin was also graded by PCGS or NGC. For high-end, expensive coins I am willing to bet the accuracy rate of a TPG + CAC...
That's sort of my gameplan, too. I just went to the monthly Parsippany, NJ show and met a dealer whose client found (!) 2 proof 1907 HR Saints...
Which would include...which ? Saints ? MSDs ?
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