Toning and tarnishing are exactly the same thing. Think of toning as a euphemism. And all metals tone/tarnish, just some faster and more easily...
Honestly, your reaction is common among those who have no, or very limited, experience with respected auction houses. The respect and trust they,...
There are plastic buyers out there, both collectors and dealers; and there are coin buyers out there, both collectors and dealers. But...
Yes, there are a great many of them. NGC has its own set of standards, but those standards are not published anywhere and nobody except NGC and...
There is no way to make the comparison you are trying to make. The only way you can consider it would be to compare a VF details problem coin to a...
In order you have - 1906 Liberty nickel - PF65 1913 Buffalo nickel type 1 - MS65 1885-O Morgan dollar - MS65 1924 St. Gaudens $20 gold - MS63...
I don't know how you define top dollar for that coin. As I mentioned, based on your pictures the coin looks to be circulated. And it may have been...
Would help ya if I could but I can't. Try sending a PM to Peter.
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Black marks like that on gold are often nothing more than where the coin came into contact with something, like if the coin were slid across the...
Consider this, Q. David Bowers when looking for coins for his own collection ignores the special designations. Why ? He says it's because he much...
Not only is it common, I've never known of an auction house that does not do it.
Pretty color on the Frankie !
I readily agree your coin is over-graded and a 63 IMO. But to say your coin and the OP coin are close ? Sorry, but I just don't see it. Yes, your...
On some series of coins they are, on other series of coins they are not as strict as NGC is.
Yeah, but it was about 2500 years ago which is the generally accepted date for the first minting of coins. I'm pretty sure that's what Michael was...
Not trying to argue with you, but Lantz was not incorrect in his statement. Trial strikes can be said to be the beginning of production. And you...
I agree. The skirt lines on Walkers, and the hand of course, are the type of things that should be used for special designations regarding quality...
Well, according to Mr. Roberts himself, trial strikes were first produced on Dec.13, 1963. You can read it in his own words -...
Only thing I would add is that Walkers dated prior to 1921 are graded on a more lenient set of standards than the rest.
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