That would seem rather odd, because the gold in the coins was worth 1.75 times the face value. Spend a half eagle for $5 when it had almost $9...
Another problem is that I can't really see any of those designs working well on a concave surface. For example take those Saturn V designs, what...
I would have said sell them unopened, a lot of buyers will pay premium money to buy a pig in a poke.
I have done several coins over the years and my results have been in line with the standard specs for SG.
here's the law for you. The section in bold is where warnickels are exempted. TITLE 31 > Subtitle B > CHAPTER I> PART 82 --5-CENT AND ONE-CENT...
Not primarily fake errors, mostly minor errors, but there were a good number of fake and altered coins listed in the book as errors.
Looks like something hit the coin.
If I look at coin and in my opinion it is real and in such and such a grade it is worth X. If the coin is in a TPG slab and I agree it is in the...
Not surprising, they did that this year and it went over real well. Give it a few years and we may see them adding proofs ASE's from the other...
Everyone except new collectors just coming in with everyone telling them to buy PCGS and NGC slabbed coins. They see that "First Strike" and...
For larger coins making rings by tapping is always a possibility, but for small coins like nickels, dimes, and cents, possibly even quarters, by...
Probably, you paid for a service and the service was not performed. They would probably honor the chargeback request.
I thought this was going to be about the safe that Brand kept his collection in.
Well if you have a coin and you have had it graded by all the grading services you probably aren't going to get back what you put into it.
In the case of a lot of older coins (19th century) the MS coins are worth more than the proof coins.
Completing the quote "but it still hurts."
Those half dollar issues are actually rare so they just don't show up. That's why you may not see one for months. Demand may not appear to be...
Don't wait for the refund, do a chargeback.
If it says so on the TPG label. Of course the TPG has no way of knowing when the coin was actually struck or if they were truly the first ones...
Too large and fully struck to be on a dime planchet (although a weight would also be a goo indicator. If it was on a dime it would weigh about...
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