It's really sad that PCGS threatens to punish the messenger instead of working with the messenger. I could see them putting Jack on their payroll...
It happened once on a "colonial coin."
I have done that with my 19th century presidential campaign medalets. Most of my pieces are raw and in a series of Eagle holders and albums, but I...
@Vess1 “Why stop at 1964?” You don’t have to stop, but it’s one sign post, where the silver coinage ended, that you can. You can continue. At...
Here is what I mean about the early quarter eagles. The 1796 to 1798 type. [ATTACH] 1802 to 1807 type [ATTACH] If you every get into the...
You didn't leave out much of anything, but I collect Proofs when I can. The one Proof I would love to find would be a Trade Dollar. I have...
My computer guy took care of that when I purchased a new desk top. My photos were all in .jpg, so there was no problem about that. As for...
I have Adobe Photoshop Elements. The instructions with it are useless, but I was able to get though enough by working with it to get what I want....
The date and mint mark are too strong for the rest of the coin. They look like they were conveniently “dropped in” to make a key date piece. I...
He can look at my U.S. sets on the NGC Registry and decide if I am a “failure.” And that does not include my collection of tokens, medals, British...
PCGS graded this Oregon Trial Half Dollar MS-64. [ATTACH]
Since you say that the results were not quite what you expected, I’ll guess the slab grade is MS-64. These coins are mostly in the high grades....
A messed up 1955 doubled die cent.
The obverse has the sharpness of a high end VF. The reverse is better, but that doesn’t grade the coin. It’s a shame that an amateur coin doctor...
With that coin, there was a race between “environmental damage” and MS-66. For the PCGS graders, MS-66 won. For me it’s a pass, especially at that...
The 1909 VDB has a better story surrounding it. Oddly enough, however, I like the 1909-S Indian better than I like the 1909-S-VDB.
That falls into the “stuff happens” category. It’s bad, but it wasn’t intentional. Cleaned, however, something else. I’ve seen 1955 doubled die...
There are “fingerprints,” but you need a photographic mind and a huge memory to recall them without help (book, photos etc.). The “vampire” marks...
There might be rules, but they are easily broken. When I was a dealer, other dealers asked me to bid on their eBay lots. “You won’t have to buy it...
There are no hard and fast guidelines for that. Some Chinese counterfeits are pretty bad while others are scary. A number of the pieces that Jack...
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