Your comment was that you turned a $3 nothing in a $40 key date. My point was that you did not do that at all. Instead you turned a $3 unknown...
Before strike. But there is some post strike damage also.
One word - scam.
Hey ! That was supposed to be a large fry ! :D
Matt - that's a bit more than rusted I would think. Typically a rusted die usually results in small patches of bumps and dimples is some areas....
That's the mistake in your thinking. You've turned a dirty $3 coin into a clean $3 coin.
Barfly - First of all you need to read what it says in the ANA book, namely this and I parphrase - the standards in this book are not...
OK Matt, I know what I think happened with that first coin, but tell me what you think happened !
It was not the line drawings I liked or was in favor of, but rather the lack of pictures.
Trey I've written it out so many times I can't even count that high. Do a search, use storage as your key word and my user name in the Posted BY...
I carried this coin in my jeans pocket, every day, for 7 years. In the same pocket I also carried pocket change (clad coins) and my pocket knife,...
They'll work, but there is a lot more to proper storage than just the kind of coin holder you use. The holder is just 1 step, and you have to...
AU coin, not a doubt in my mind.
Yes there are bad dealers out there, a lot of them. But there are also a lot of good dealers out there. The real issue at hand is what Tom said -...
Because you should never try to grade a coin using a photograph of a single coin in any given grade for a comparison.
I think NGC is more strict on most gold coins, not all of them, but most. NGC is tougher with all of the special designations than PCGS is. And I...
Yeah I know, but I gotta try. Besides, it gives me something to do :)
I've probably said it a thousand times Dave - individual hard plastic holders. All other methods of coin storage have at least one problem that...
Yup, and it took them until 1977 to come up with one. And that turned into a disaster :(
I'm not getting personal, I was just being serious. I said you really don't get it because my comments above in response to yours had nothing to...
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