So I've got a 1926 NGC MS65 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle. It's in an NGC gen 9 slab with a low serial number. The slab is in pretty good shape, but...
They were trying to protect their site from data miners. You could previously spam their site with requests going sequentially through cert...
This is not new. It's been doing this for a bit over a year now. After 10 lookups within a certain time frame it will not let you do another one...
Not US, though I do have some PL Morgans. I've been working on a side set of prooflike Austro-Hungarian coins of Franz Joseph for a few years. I...
I'd love to not have to take a day off of work to go on Friday, but it's a bit of a drive and Saturday is a waste of my time. The dealers are...
A holder on a cheap coin that didn't make the grade doesn't really add any value. It might actually detract from it, since people like putting...
That's why I'm going on Friday! The Summer show is always pretty light, but still worth it for me since I mostly go to sell and do TPG...
Anyone going to the Whitman Expo this week? I'll be there on Friday.
Here's a new pickup: Hungary 1874 - 13 Martyrs of Arad Ex Princeps Collection Silver Medal 35mm 12.26g PCGS SP63 This medal commemorates the...
Yes, but safety is in how you handle and apply a chemical. Acetone is the safest and most effective method to remove PVC residue.
MS70 is good for removing light haze or staining, and it's good for silver sliders. You do not want to use MS70 on a dirty or contaminated coin -...
I see these tokens turn up from time to time in dealer token bins and buy them just for the interesting provenance. I don't think very many know...
The token with the Statue of Liberty on it that says "Contains Authentic Material" on it is an interesting piece. When the Statue of Liberty was...
Another example with rust-pitted dies for both faces: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If I recall correctly, there was actually one more crack that formed off of the crack near the date before they took the die out of service, but...
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Not much. About $2.
Oh, I'm not an ancients collector. I collect mostly 19th century coinage. I'm good friends with Peter Tompa though, so I've developed an...
If you have to choose between the two coins, B is the one. So I voted B. Having said that, for your collection and budgetary constraints I would...
My general rule is if the coin was minted with a screw press or later, it goes in a slab. If its production predates the screw press, it stays raw.
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