Even among pro graders Washington quarters are often thought to be the hardest to grade. I'm inclined to agree.
Well if nothing else Peter will be happy - at long last there will be something that wasn't his fault :D
@Insider Mike - [ATTACH] - go ahead, hit it one more time :D It was true when Julius Caesar said it 2,000 years ago and it'll never change...
Several things here. What you've already been told about your garage being a very poor choice for location is quite correct. The best location is...
The tissue test is another old fashioned home test to tell if a coin is silver, and yes it works. But it too will render a false reading if the...
With that much, I agree 100%. I've posted a great many times that the TPGs were the best thing that ever happened to the hobby. But the key word...
It sure seems like they are. I've been doing this a long time, and by "this" I mean actively participating on coin forums, and rarely, if ever,...
Oh good lord ! They have no idea what the moderating would be like if Peter did it :eek::eek::eek:
The dirty shame is that coins cannot be graded accurately and correctly as they were intended to be back when the ANA, and the TPGs, developed the...
Let's try approaching this from a different angle - https://www.pcgs.com/lingo - using the definitions listed by PCGS. This is their definition...
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