Wow, what a lesson. I have to think about this before I post more. Many different lessons here -- veracity of TPG's original cert, potential of...
Pllllllllleeeeeeeaaaaseeeee. We're into fiber of being....????.. This is a coin and we are talking about it being called a penny or a cent. No...
Isaiah, "Insult" is a very interesting term you have chosen to use in this discussion. "Inaccurate or imprecise" would make sense to me, but...
My father used to say, "Don't sweat the small stuff". Then he would add , "And most of it is small stuff." People come to this site with all...
Magman, here is one of mine. Similar story to yours. This coin, and several other silvers, were taken out of circulation by my father and given...
That is a beautiful Oregon Commem, Kanga. I really like the head to toe headdress. John
Lehigh, I am on the search for toned coins, particularly Kennedy's, franklins, Jeffersons, and morgans. I have a few cents that have some nice...
Snaz, I love what you did with the note from your Grandpa. Really nice framing and obviously very meaningful to you and a tribute to him. This...
Thanks, Phoenix. Sorry all -- should have cropped the photo before posting now that I see it in the thread. John
I know this thread has been going on for a long time, but since it is still rattling around ... Here is one, Jack, that won't have you running to...
Thanks for the insight. So one could ask, then, what good is a "standard". If it really is a standard, albeit, imperfect, then with the 22...
Meant to say the TPG's grade, not price.
I have been using the ANA Grading Standards, 6th edition. You guys are really getting at the basis of my other post "Elements of Grading Part...
RLM, Understand what you are saying about grading on the reverse, but that is not what I thought I understood GD saying. I didn't think the TPGs...
GD, thanks for the reply. So I feel good that I would have graded it properly by ANA standards. So forgive my naivete, and this is really where...
Saw this coin in an upcoming Heritage Auction. http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=28124&Lot_No=24020 Given the recent thread...
Great! Thanks for the assessment! John
Toned, Yes. Colored/painted, No! John
Doesn't look natural to me. To have the toning be so concentrated on the raised portion of the obverse with nothing in the fields seems odd. John
Welcome. Post some information about what you collect and sell. John
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