According to - MONETY POLSKIE by Janusz Parchimowicz and published in 2003, the coin was not minted in Proof.
Easy, it's called inconsistency. If you cracked them out and sent them back to PCGS, or NGC, again, you would probably get a mix, some slabbed and...
Could be mistaken but based on your picture sure looks like a '68.
Sadly, I had to close that place down Guy. The city kept giving me problems about having lines around the block 12 hrs a day, blocking the...
Nobody is denying that what you are doing can be done Vic. Merely that maybe it can be done a little easier, simpler, and yes even cheaper, with...
The French coin is a design known as the sower. It came in 1 franc and 2 francs denominations and was issued 1898-1920 in .835 silver. A similar...
The thing that must always be remembered is that no 2 coins are equal, even when they are graded exactly the same and by the same company. And...
I wasn't questioning that. My point is that it was a waste of money to send the coin to CAC if he was planning on trying for a + grade because...
That post was in '08 Frank, I sold the coin in '09.
From what I can see the increase is more like 80%. But I'll grant you that's still significant, definitely not warranted in my mind, but still...
There are many, many, web sites. And by all means use them.But all of them combined won't teach you what that single book will.
Yeah, and that's true of virtually everything, not just the coin hobby. People cannot be protected from themselves Vic, it simply can't be done....
To answer your question - Why does anyone even care about 70's these days? - 2 reasons. 1 - because there was a time when a 70 grade actually did...
And that scenario has been occurring for longer than I have been alive. And I doubt it will ever stop. But it is not that the older, more...
Yup, I can relate to that, especially since I started using personal computers when the Apple IIe was cutting edge technology, and have been ever...
There are and have been counterfeits that fool the TPGs for some time. And others before that that fooled some knowledgeable collectors, the Omega...
There is a book - http://www.amazon.com/Cobs-Pieces-Eight-Treasure-Coins/dp/0897222849 - that will tell you much of what you need to know.
If you just sent the coin to CAC, why would you now consider trying for a + upgrade ? I mean that just doesn't make sense to me.
Yes, I did. And the rest of the original 10 piece Proof set that went with it ;)
I dunno Kurt, but there are two quotes from Mark Twain that seem to be quite appropriate for this discussion - "When I was fourteen, my father...
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