I think the first part of your comment is how the special designations came to be in the first place, back before the NGC and PCGS even existed....
I can't remember for certain of the top of my head but if memory serves NGC changed step designations from 6 to 5 in 2003, maybe even later. PCGS...
A question for you, and you might actually know the answer - can you define "the past" for us ? I guess I want to ask 2 questions really: 1 - your...
In all honesty I don't think people not immediately recognizing what the problem was with this coin, the most obvious problem anyway, had anything...
Easiest way I know of is to post a pic of the coin itself.
I don't think there's anybody who knows coins who would disagree with you on that. Yes, all of the TPGs have slabbed and graded thousands of...
From PCGS - No Grades PCGS will not grade and encapsulate any coins with the following problems: 82 Filed Rims Rim(s) and/or edge is...
Well you're not gonna do it by going that route. The TPGs change their grading standards so often that those graded today will not be graded...
Well, depending on what company slabbed the coins, there is the authentication issue to consider. For if the coin has been slabbed by a reputable...
The coin is damaged. Damaged coins have no grade because they cannot be graded.
Good lord, I didn't even realize Stu was still in business with his forum. I thought it had faded away into the ether years ago. Thrilled to hear...
But when that coin was slabbed it wasn't. As to why - who knows ? But then it doesn't really matter.
I collected Mint and Proof Sets in original packaging for a great many years, decades in fact. I had them all except the '48 Mint Set and the...
I'd almost bet that the toning on your avatar occurred in much less time than that. I realize that a great many people think that natural toning...
You were all warned. And just so all of you know, the person who registered as Sum Ting Wong, that person was not the OP of this thread. No, sadly...
The mint's fiscal year ends in June if I remember correctly, so coins dated for the following year may start being produced at any time after...
All of you - behave yourselves or the thread will be locked !
Quite true. But do you realize how long "all along" has actually been ? Well I can give ya a hint, it has been since before the US even existed,...
You've got the idea. And though I did at one time (40 years ago) I don't collect, I just happen to own a few.
Small problem there though, we do not allow users to have multiple user names. Nor do we allow user name changes on a whim. Sorry.
Separate names with a comma.
