That is your opinion, and we shall agree to disagree. One of the things that has made NGC better through the years is a more friendly attitude...
Why? Isn't the idea to assemble the best collection rather than push slab brands?
I think that are already doing that, or at least it's an option. I built a large group of NGC registry sets mostly educate other collectors. I...
I voted for the "O" because I don't like the smooth area with a different color around it. I knew that the "D" was on a 1932-D quarter. It's an...
It's one of those coins when it's hard to tell where the strike ends and the wear begins. It's at least an AU-58. It might be MS-62 if the marks...
It's a bigger boost for CAC than anything else. The services are becoming more and more subservient to it all the time, while CAC is helping them...
MS-63+. There is little too much clatter in the right obverse field to make it MS-64.
I think that this is NGC's effort to catch up with PCGS. The PCGS-CAC certification has long been "the gold standard" for the CAC minions. The...
Since some of you think that this 1829 large cent in the OP is genuine, would you care to show me where the raised knobs of metal are on the Mint...
This is the way the Chinese operate now. They copy lower grade, fairly common coins that most collectors would not think are worth their while....
Look at the fields around “ICA” in “AMERICA.” There are many of them there. There are others in the fields, but I saw those first.
Raised dots have been a marker for cast copy or transfer dies for many years.
The original surfaces on your coin have been stripped. You have admitted that. Once you get a "details grade," the sharpness grade is less...
Using the grading services is great for a dealer who as access to many raw coins. As a dealer you can make a lot of money that way. It's less...
I see a lot of raised dots in the fields. They are all over the reverse. The piece is a counterfeit. Using my John Wright book, it appears that...
I am interested in the 2021 Peace Dollar because it looks to be a fully struck version of the original design. I have no interest in the 2021...
You only do something about fingerprints if you catch them very early. Once they are set on the surface of a coin, they are there to stay. It...
I received the Proof set today. Oddly enough, after a couple weeks of no information at all, I was flooded with emails as the set made its way...
The type flipped over in 1866. The No Motto $20 gold Liberty coins are tough to find in true Mint State. The $5 gold pieces also made the change...
Sadly grade-flation is alive and well. I bought this 1853 eagle, which is in an AU-58 NGC holder a bit over 20 years ago. It's still my type coin....
Separate names with a comma.
