Disagree. I've bought many coins in slabs, but never paid 1 cent to a TPG. Now if you submit coins to a TPG, then yeah, you pay somebody to look...
Ahhh, so because someone has the temerity to disagree with you about what is political and what is not - that is reason to leave the forum huh ?...
That is your opinion, and you are entitled to it, as is anyone else to theirs. But I read what he edited, and he was right to do so. I would have...
That's easy, all that is required is that they want to, and that they are willing to put forth the effort to do so.
For whatever it is worth, the rules are the rules and they apply to everyone equally. And they are applied to everyone fairly. There's no such...
Ehhh, not necessarily. PCGS has slabbed many coins that have scratches on them. The difference is, NGC thought the scratch was severe enough to...
I think pretty much everybody here knows that I believe the TPGs have more than a few problems. But even with their problems they still serve a...
He pretty much said already, because NGC saw it in hand and he hasn't. And based on your pics, I can't see much of anything.
While that single example may illustrate your point, it in no way proves your point. You even comment on that yourself in that same thread where...
Hang ups ? If your comment means that you and think very, very, differently about many things, with that I would agree 100%. And yes, I have...
Even when you like the look of the lower graded coin better than the higher graded coin ? Really ? edit - I'm assuming, that when you say 5...
There are. Even in all of my years of collecting and studying coins, and I started in 1960, I have never once submitted even a single coin to a...
Based on that pic the only area I see that might be in question is the curl over the ear. The diagnostic to tell weak strike from wear is that...
I certainly don't know enough about this particular coin to say whether it is a fake or not. And I already know, with reasonable certainty, there...
And many do. And for a lot folks (meaning potential buyers) the reputation of the seller, or the person helping them, is enough. But what...
Why ? Because to some originality means more than a higher grade. You see it's not so much the CAC sticker that matters, it's the fact that the...
You're not alone in that way of thinking, there are many who think the same. But as Tom explained, and as it has been explained many times in the...
I don't think it's a fake, I think it's just misidentified as a Proof.
The question was asked - why do coins like this make it through ? And then it was discussed as to whether or not the pictures do the coin justice,...
Nothing happened to it. There have always been people who will keep and honor their word and people who will not. In simplest terms - good guys...
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