Oh I understand your point and there is no doubt that Laura is, shall we say, "vociferous" at times and about certain subjects. But I find that I...
I failed to mention in my earlier post that I had posted about them here on CT as far back as 2006 which is when I first heard of them -...
Well she's right about a couple of things, you can't accurately grade coins by looking at pictures. And they (coin forums) are full of a lot of...
I see nothing that makes me think this coin has been harshly cleaned. But I would not grade it AU because it has almost no luster whatsoever and...
Sometimes you just need to listen to the voice of experience and take their word for it ;)
I see no die crack on this coin. If you are referring to the mark at the bottom edge of the bust, that is post mint damage.
In the course of my searching and researching I often run across things that I think worth keeping so I create my own files for them and save...
Enough ! A warning was posted by a mod already. There will not be another !
I would agree that it is a planchet flaw on the rim, but even so it is severe enough to render the coin ungradeable. I also believe the coin has...
If one spends some time looking at coins in Details/Genuine slabs on Heritage you will find many, many, coins designated as harshly cleaned, but...
If you want to know more about how all of this works do a little research on the ASA Accugrade lawsuits. That cost a lot of people a lot of money....
Kinda. They weren't sold in the unc sales, but they were definitely packaged sold by the GSA.
Then you need to read more ;) As I said, the experts disagree. If you'd like to read something written by one of those experts send me a PM with...
The coin market is much like any other market, as a whole it goes up and it goes down. And yes, within that whole there are often specific series...
The why is pretty simple, because somebody is paying them to do so. The TPGs don't care what coin it is that you send them, they get paid to...
Oh if you only knew what it would take to answer that question :playful: There are many things said and written about this subject in a great...
While you may not understand it, people do it every day. And have been doing it every day for many years.
Uhhhh, they do. We just had a thread about it days ago. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ana-beta.249217/
Read what I said near the end of the thread in the second link I posted. That is why CT is involved.
I rather suspect this is at the heart of the matter -...
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