Collecting gold is a different animal. Not only is it usually more expensive in a general sense, it has a whole different set of rules, a...
It is also important to be aware that many books, even those written by recognized authorities, have bad and or outdated information in them. If...
Doug what you are talking about is an interesting concept and not one that I have seen anybody do before. Pictures taken at angles, sure, seen...
Sorry, but that is a myth. Unfortunately sometimes straight on pictures do the very same thing. It all depends on the marks and where they are....
First of all you need to understand something - there is cleaning, and there is harsh cleaning. Cleaning, if done correctly, is perfectly...
Indeed so. I'll help clear it up - the moderator's comments were NOT directed at Bing. On the contrary, ignoring them is the appropriate thing...
Yeah, but all of those coins have been out of those bags for 40 years or more now. And during that 40 years it's a certainty that they have toned...
I think they are as loose or worse they were. Over the years it's proven to be a progressive standard, getting more and more loose as the years...
I told ya where to go to see all you could ever want to see. If you want to learn, ya gonna learn more by looking at 1 or 2 pics I give ya links...
You can't compare MS65-66 to MS62-63 - can't be done. But if you want to look at pictures go to Heritage and look at completed auctions,...
'Course not, last thing in the world I'd ever want. My comments are supposed to make you think, and say wait a minute, maybe I should at least...
Honestly, I suspect you are overly optimistic on your grades. No, they are definitely not. You'll be hard pressed to find 67s. And a large part,...
toronto - Do you have any understanding or knowledge of the history of the TPGs ? Do you have any idea how many times they have changed their...
Huh ? The TPGs, and CAC, each get paid the same flat fee no matter what the coin grades. The TPGs grade the way they do because of their grading...
For the same reason as I explained in another thread yesterday - because if you look closely you can tell the difference between a weak strike and...
They're actually 23 1/2 karat, both common dates, worth melt.
No, they are not, because it is impossible for die polish lines to criss-cross. What you are seeing in that area is a combination of die polish...
For Proofs and modern commems - yeah, probably so. For business strikes, I highly doubt it.
I think they said - 1 62, 2 - 63 I think they are both AU.
Oh it might matter with some of the more scarce date/mint combinations where only a few are known. But other than that, it won't even cause a ripple.
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