Nope, it is a purely subjective decision made by the TPG. And they are not always the most consistent on this issue.
That depends on what you are shoving. The correct way to do it is to place the coin in the bottom half of the holder, and then push the ring...
By all means send it in, in the slab of course, for review.
That kind of depends on the collector, and the subject in question. But it is not unheard of for some collectors who specialize on certain coins...
His question was if using slightly undersized ring inserts was a problem. That is the question I answered.
As is usually the case in all of life, the guy who pays the bills ;)
Yes, they are.
No, I'm still here. If for no other reason than to keep an eye on YOU ! :p
No, but we probably should have. Truly unfortunate, he's worse than a bad penny :D
There's a book called The Rare Coin Estate Handbook by James Halperin, it discusses this issue and offers several suggestions on how to deal with...
There have also been several threads where members have posted pictures of coins that were slabbed and graded by NGC and PCGS as being genuine...
I suspect the coin was assigned that grade because of its rarity rating. Over-graded ? No doubt in my mind.
Nope.
By being recognized as being an expert with certain coins.
Yeah, that's true. I wouldn't pin it down to "two atoms thick" but the gist of your comment is true. No I'm not saying that at all.There is a...
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on if you are talking about a circulated coin or an unc coin, how the coin was stored for all those years, if the...
Small problem, most of his coins sell for several thousands of dollars, each. Go with Heritage, you need high end buyers and that's where you'll...
Yeah, sometimes that true. But it is also true that a coin could have acquired the hairlines shortly after it was minted, so both die polish lines...
It depends on the sales venue, and it depends on the buyer. An educated buyer could care less if the coin is slabbed or not. And if it is slabbed,...
No question, those coins I would send to Heritage. I know nothing about ancients, but you'd probably have better luck selling that privately.
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