Until 1997 all dies and hubs were made in Philadelphia. Dies for the branch mints had their mintmarks applied by hand to the dies at Philadelphia...
W quarter are in the bulk bags for circulation ONLY.
But it was PCGS that floated the proposal to switch to a 100 point system some years back.
That's fine, we were all newbies once. The key is to keep an open mind and learn.
I would say that is exactly what happened, there was a lamination right at the edge of the coin and putting it into the prongs caught the...
Yes, he was the winner in the dealers and graders catagory in the first PCGS World Series of Grading.
In THEORY they are worth close to two cents each, if you could get full spot price for the metal. You won't, as an alloy the copper is worth...
Because that is a glossy of terms, not a break down of what are errors or varieties. For example the glossary list "blems" which are not errors,...
Wait they have to apply standards? That has nothing to do with numbers. Applying the standards determines the grade and then the number is then...
I think he is asking if there is a link that will take him someplace that explains what electrotypes are and potentially how they are made....
Just as the 70 point scale adds nothing to the accuracy of grading.
I believe it's a JR-7 R-2.
If the coin is regraded "in-house" ie. came into a TPG in that TPG's slab for a regrade and the grade was changed, then yes they do adjust the...
As exchange rate value goes down, you eventually reach a point where the metal in the coin is worth more than the exchange rate. Once that...
Nope, not errors, but they can still be pretty neat. Die breaks aren't errors either. (And die cracks and die breaks are not the same thing.)
Ebay feedback has been pretty much worthless for a long time.
The way you can tell they are just chopped up webbing and not pieces punched from the strip by the punches it from the ends of the bowties, the...
He is correct there is a small crack behind the eagles head on one of the D mint coins (I have no idea which one it is) and there is a light crack...
So it still comes down to do your homework, or your taking your chances.
And all that is still how it was up through 1978 before the ANA Grading guide. I guess coins weren't graded before 1978. :)
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