Photograde is for circulated coins only - it does not cover MS/uncirculated coins.
Yeah, they were quite common, anybody could buy them. The mint advertised them on their website for years. Not sure if they still are or not.
Oh there was all kinds of discussions about grading going on in the 50's. But what a lot of folks don't realize is that those discussions had been...
What ? There was vote ! Of course there was a vote - there's always a vote ! And it was a unanimous decision - 1 :)
BUT - his son never paid the 3 million. Gorgeous coin that Lamb of God of yours - a stellar example !
Absolutely correct. But only if and when the dipping is done correctly AND if and when the coin was not already damaged before it was dipped !...
No worries Chris - [ATTACH] - as usual :D
I agree 100% that dipping a coin is and always has been acceptable, and just because a coin has been dipped that does not mean that it has been...
And therein lies the mistake. Yeah, that's how people say it, but what they should be saying is - do not clean your coins harshly/improperly....
As the title says we have a new moderator, geekpryde, a member that I'm sure most are familiar with -...
I get what you're saying, but the fact if the matter is - it doesn't matter with any of them. Ya see, dealers buying coins sight unseen, they...
Like I said, it may no longer be the case. BUT, it may be they just don't like you :D
Well Paul does dipping qualify as cleaning in your eyes ? It sure does in mine. And thousands of coins that have been dipped are sold on ebay...
First off, the electronic dealer market has existed since the days of ticker-tape machines - long before the internet ever existed. And the sight...
All of the big auction houses sell subscriptions to their catalogs, buy a subscription and you get every catalog they print that year. Or, you can...
So if I understand correctly you think the listing should be reported because you don't think the coin is MS. Is that correct ? If it is correct,...
If you do Steven, then please share it with him privately and not on the forum. And any and all that may also have interest, you should contact...
Oh I'm quite sure he gets that quite well, now. But in the time period he's talking about - '89, '90 - there were a whole bunch of people still...
I like it ! :) Never seen anybody do that before !
There are many, many coins that are only worth but a fraction of what it cost to grade/slab them. Way more than a few worth less than what it cost...
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