Let us know how they turn out.
Interesting, however the key in the ruling you cite seems to be "in the public domain". And public domain has a legal definition -...
Yes, that is the book.
Just curious, have you decided what you think the grades will be ?
A whole lot of people have many misconceptions about how copyright law works. In some ways it is very simple, in other ways it is very...
Spenser I was merely trying to explain to you what the TPGs put on their slabs. When they put Cleaned or Cleaning on the slab, what they mean is...
Yes, but in '86 the ANA changed everything and switched to the market grading system. The previous ANA standards, the ones you mention were based...
Just to make sure you understand Spenser, all I have been doing in this entire thread is trying to be helpful. My sole purpose has been to explain...
I have no problem with the system itself. What I do have a problem with is that there is no universal set of grading standards. And that the TPGs...
Uhhh Spenser, I do respect your right to have your own opinion. But in point of fact that coin was sent to a TPG and the TPG said harshly cleaned...
[ATTACH] $60.00 SOLD Described by the author as a "field guide" to the series, it makes identifying coins easy by arranging them into...
Spenser, you are assuming that the scratches are not there because you can't see any in that picture. What I was trying to explain to you is the...
If only that were true. Don't me wrong now, personally I agree with you completely, thus my first comment. Sadly though, the TPGs do not agree....
Value varies depending on several things, the severity of the harsh cleaning, the amount of detail remaining on the coin, the scarcity of the...
Just because you can't see scratches and hairlines in the picture, doesn't mean they are not there. Also, think of a polished coin, do you see...
Oh dear lord ! Don't tell me that the "monster" I created long ago has turned into a purist ! :D
The ducat is a coin, you might even say "the" coin, that literally changed the world, and did it more than once. More than any other coin the...
You are correct. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ducat?s=t
There was more than 1 fund, if memory serves Merrill Lynch started it off and other brokerage houses followed their lead. How this came about was...
Yes it was really going on, and it wasn't just Morgans. It was the entire coin market. This simple graph does an excellent job of portraying just...
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