Back then they were accurate at grading many coins. But the more modern the coin and the higher the grade, the more they should be looked at with...
There have been many, many, threads where I have explained how dies were polished. Short and sweet the result is what I said above. Partially....
The fact that die polish lines are always basically straight, parallel to each other, and cannot criss-cross. And there are many harshly cleaned...
There are no die polish lines on that coin - die scratches, yes there are a couple. The rest is the result of harsh cleaning. A Proof ? I don't...
He just told us that PCGS did grade them, 1 upgraded to a + and the other crossed at same grade.
I think he might of posted it as an example of the circ coins I mentioned. I ask that because many circ coins can be and are found toned almost...
There is one issue with your comments regarding weakly struck coins that must be recognized. It's not that the luster on the coin is unbroken,...
You are correct. That coin in the picture is a pinata not a kite. As for the mistake, well, they happen when people who know nothing about the...
While I understand, appreciate, and am truly flattered by your comments, I've done my share of teaching over the years, and not just about coins....
Is learning to grade a daunting task ? You bet it is. But then what in life is not ? All of us go to school for 12 years, and that's just to learn...
I say the opposite is true actually because many, if not not most circulated coins don't have any luster at all. I'm not gonna say it's unheard...
In fairness, that used to be true Mike. But consider this - over half of the coins slabbed by the TPGs are moderns. That's a lot of coins, 25...
Thanks for the compliment, but why should it be ? There's nothing in my post that I haven't posted literally 100 or more times before. Should all...
Nobody really answered your question - not completely anyway. Yes, if you over-dip the coin it will affect the coin in a negative way. But if you...
Yep, there are some out there, no doubt of that. There may even be a few collections out there that consist of raw high quality coins, or have a...
A member sent me a PM with the question of what books and web sites I would recommend to help him learn to grade. Now at first glance that would...
A couple of things here. Just about every museum there is, regularly takes the coins in their collection and has an employee wipe them all down...
Or all the more reason not to.
And you won't, because there isn't one. Even if you pulled and melted every fake that was found, they would just make more.
Then ya better give up on trying to buy coins because it's going to a rare dealer indeed who has not unknowingly passed a fake. And don't think...
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