It reduces time on the customer service end and would instill more confidence in the grading, which is good for business.
USPS' service level is amazing compared to most other countries. It's very inexpensive for what you get, and the delivery is fast. I have a...
Borderline 53/55. Since it's PCGS I think they gave it the AU55.
Hungary 1535KB (Körmöcbánya Mint) AR Denár I. Ferdinánd ÉH#745a - H#935 (1528-1559) Curved Shield
With numismatic silver, the intrinsic value of the silver is irrelevant. The market value is based on the value of the coin to a collector....
An interesting read: http://coinagemag.com/capped-bust-half-dollar-shaping-american-commerce/
My most notable recent pickups: Hungary 1867A (Vienna) Franz Joseph I Hungarian Coronation Jeton Mont. 2709 (Hungarian Legends) 24mm Silver A...
Crossing is when you send a slabbed coin from one service to another service for grading, i.e. sending a PCGS coin to NGC. With crossing, you...
If the coin is one that should be in a slab and the slab is not presentable due to excessive scratches, I would take into account the time and...
Definitely the black background. It creates a superior contrast with the rims.
Yeah funny but those sell for quite a bit as a novelty or magic item. Worth a lot more than a quarter. No numismatic value but it's a great find.
Nonsense. Every coin started out in someone's custody, so for a coin to be newly discovered, it must first be lost. So what is a lost coin? Simply...
Fresh only means that it's either newly discovered or was previously off the market for a considerable period of time. Their use of the term here...
No, that's mechanical damage. PMD.
Try not to read the article. It hurts.
They should go back to that design now. Forget eliminating the cent. We need to go back to large copper cents.
I mention the jeton since the mint did produce some jetons during his reign and they re-used devices from coinage. I think it is likely a hub test...
Something I picked up recently from a German seller. The seller described it as an Austrian 20 Kreuzer single-sided probe incuse strike in brass:...
Don't bother learning how to spot different problems on coins. There are too many ways a coin may have been messed with to learn to recognize them...
XF is also my favorite grade for notes.
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