Ian Russel estimated in 2015 that there were 10 million coin collectors in the US. You think they can all fly to coin-Mecca and learn grading from...
Well, that is actually really cool then. How can you tell?
Your link appears to not work. It takes me to a page and says "no images found"
It graded because, although it is *highly* unusual, it also looks perfectly natural to me. The color progression from light to dark looks...
Haha, imagine what John Reich and Charles Morgan would say!
Well now, that would be ideal. But that's also highly impractical for the vast majority of people. So, for everyone else, what would you...
Yes, I read his book twice. And then I played around with the settings and the lighting and the camera that I had until I found something that...
That was one idea, and probably the most plausible. The other ideas were planchet striations or roller marks, but those would be parallel and I...
Hmmm.... I more often use ISO 400, f/5.6, and something in the range of 1/400 - 1/600s I find that too much light is just as much of a problem...
A picture is worth a thousand words! You can have text descriptions all day long, but I think a photo comparison is far more useful. So you don't...
Nope, but I look forward to your show report!
I can't speak for him, but I would guess he's comparing the grading standards for the Liberty Seated Half Dollar to those of the Liberty Seated...
Fantastic idea for a new thread. Because as much as I hate this reverse, there are some that are far worse.
Honestly, it doesn't really look like scaling or lighting effects. None of the other pictures he's posted recently show this artifact. And the way...
It's a hell of a lot easier when you have good pictures to grade from.
I still remember the first coin I spent more than $2k on (this was in 2009) .... It was this 1806 Draped Bust half. At the time, I was pretty...
We didn't get anything here in Charleston, not even leaves in my yard. Everything was in Myrtle Beach and north of there, starting about a 2 hour...
In that case, that is an absolutely stunning example of what original gold should look like. For those who may be reading this thread but are...
The photos are too dark and out of focus to grade from, but PCGS usually does pretty well with this sort of material. In hand, I'll bet it has...
Not sure how I missed this thread. I would have guessed 66. Very nice coin.
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