You hear those sorts of stories from time to time. There are many, many, many, many different varieties out there, and many dealers aren't fluent...
Does it say who the artist was who drew that concept? It's entirely probable that the designer of the reverse of the dollar, Don Everhardt, drew...
What searches do you follow? It must incredibly specific to not have any results! (I'm sure you know this, but you can expand your searches to...
I'd probably call it AG-3. It's hard to tell if its been cleaned in those photos, but it most likely has. I'd say you got a good deal - its...
Haha. I'm not arguing with Doug to convince Doug of anything. I already know how that battle ends. I'm arguing with Doug to make sure the rest...
I try to answer threads hoping to help the lurkers - there are hundreds of views of a thread for every reply, sometimes.
I am going to concur with O-101. The mark on her chin is damage - a post-mint hit. She got in a fight and took one square on the chin. It...
That looks like a nice one. And it looks FBL (these are very common, but are somewhat hard to find attractively toned with FBL)
There are 2 reasons that people pay PCGS money for a PCGS coin: 1. Trust 2. The Registry Neither of those apply to an ANACS coin - so they will...
Nope, they can't. Even the TPG's can't. Get a whole bunch of 69's and 70's, crack them out, and resubmit them - and I'll bet at least some of them...
That is an incredibly common coin, and it is circulated, and it is polished. Take the $20 and run.
You paid about what they are worth. The other thing to consider with these moderns: the wholesalers will submit a very large number of coins,...
Just to compare, this coin did NOT get a 66 (twice): https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinView.aspx?PeopleSetCoinID=1653904 Given the...
This question gets asked about once a week, it seems. Search the forums and you'll find plenty of answers. The choice of TPG is up to you, but I...
Do these usually come well struck/centered? That is a marvelous obverse.
I also use an Excel spreadsheet. It seems like it would be easy enough to add a location cell to each entry - drawer 3, column 4, row 7 (or...
Person A sends something in to be graded. It comes back less than they hoped for. Person A is forced to sell it for a loss to Person B, because...
Tricky with those pics, but I'll go 64? The mark on her neck really hurts it.
What is going on in the field behind his head? Something looks odd there, but it may just be the picture. I'm going to guess AU-58, based on the...
The number of fakes/copies/reproductions of these outnumber the originals by an astounding factor.
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