Doesn't make me wrong either. Does it ? I mean you claim the grades assigned by the TPGs rules the hobby ? But does it really ? What happens...
Nope, never even heard of it.
Stepping into a mine field while blindfolded there buddy.
It's a question that has come up many times. Simple answer, as long as you are reasonably close it doesn't matter. But if you send in a coin and...
Ya think ? What you are suggesting has been done before, and done both ways. All one need to do is look at the 1804 dollar. Not a one of them was...
Not established standards Dave, current standards. Or if you prefer, standards that are currently being accepted because that is what the TPG says...
Yeah, it has happened throughout history time and time again. Any time the King, Queen, whatever, decided they needed more money in the treasury...
West, read my post in this thread - http://www.cointalk.com/threads/grading-kennedys-for-grade-and-or-cameo.246264/ That applies to what you are...
But that is only in the highest grades. Once you get to 67 that all changes. And there are other criteria involved besides contact marks. Coins...
West - to answer your question, it is not uncommon to find minor flaws such as this coin has. If you expect perfection on every coin then you need...
But yoda, both of those coins you posted are cameo, I suspect both are even deep cameo. Do they look different ? Yeah sure, but that's because of...
The coin might have been tooled too. It is not uncommon for a given problem coin to have more than 1 kind of problem. But typically, the TPGs only...
I was wondering if you were talking about coins minted after the valuation change, that's why I asked about the date. Of course it never made...
OK Ardi, educate me. I am unaware of any billon 4 reales that were minted in Spain or at the colonial mints. It would have been cause for...
You know what frost on the grass or your windshield looks like on a cold fall morning ? Well, that's kinda what the cameo effect looks like on a...
Our early half dollars (13.48gm) were actually just a tiny bit lighter than the 4 reales(13.54gm), and those minted in Spain and the Spanish...
Now there's an idea ! I think I've got one of the first ones around here someplace - total mintage 11. I can just imagine the listing on ebay :D
Ahhh - so that's why various members have come up with these over the years :D [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Might just be the pics but I'm thinking altered surfaces.
Sure it can, if ya go to the mall.
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