It's tough to pick just one, so here are my favorite copper, silver, and gold coin purchases from 2015. My favorite copper coin that I picked up...
My secret santa gift was the one I opened up on Christmas eve, and it made my night! There was a thoughtful handwritten note, accompanied by: A...
Here are a few of my Hungarian coronation desk medals. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
These other conditions you describe as wear are not wear at all but are wear-like contact marks. My point all along has been that damage is...
The same reason you make an educated guess on wear vs a weak strike. Not everything that looks like wear is wear.
Of course, there are some circulated coins that appear to be uncirculated. Likewise, there are also uncirculated coins that appear to be...
Here's a few more gold types. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
But the actual distinction is important. We use the terms uncirculated and almost uncirculated to describe categories of grades. The idea of AU is...
A little change of pace. I photographed some of my Hungarian coronation jetons tonight. Some of these are classified as Austrian (as noted), but...
The MS63 without the cabinet friction gets an MS63. The MS63 with cabinet friction gets net graded to something like MS62/61. This happens all the...
For the most part, I think so. They tend to be treated as raw coins by those in the know. I've gotten some great undergraded finds in PCI and ICCS...
It depends. Some coins have tight nooks like edge lettering and such and it can take a bit longer, but it's a good habit to use that is universal...
Historically some smaller TPGs have done reputable grading, at least on some series, so they are worth looking at, but NNC is not one of them.
Make sure you use pure acetone, like you can get from a hardware store. Don't use something like fingernail polish remover and the like, as these...
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