What you are talking about John is that coins of a given date & mint that are known for being weakly struck are not graded to the same standard as...
There is something very simple that people always seem to forget - it is extremely common, you could even say it is the norm, for a coin to have...
There are differences but the system doesn't change. Example, on smaller coins a contact mark of a given size can impact the grade more than the...
Walmart makes money by selling at low prices, but also by selling a lot of them. In other words, volume is the answer. And I think you have a...
How does Walmart make money ?
Let me put it to you this way - those coins that cost $50-$60 today, 10 years ago they were selling for $500-$600. You draw your own conclusions.
As a general rule, 80% or more of a coin dealer's business is selling to other dealers.
No it isn't. But the reading is the first step. Without doing the reading and studying first, you won't know what you are even looking at when you...
Don't know, I never met anybody who could tell me ;)
Lange's book is an excellent book, some say it's the best. But no single book will have everything in it - they just don't. That's why you own...
True story. And it's been that way for as long as I can remember and I joined both in 2002 and lurked for a long time before that.
How do you see ? Well the first step is to learn about what you are looking for so you can recognize it when you do see it. The next step is to...
No doubt, but Google existed back then, it was invented in 1996, and I still managed to do it. It just wasn't easy.
No, that's not it. Dealers want you to give them a want list so they can actively seek out (elsewhere) the specific coins you want. What you have...
A few years ago I used to belong to them all, even helped develop and run a few before CT existed. Many have come and gone over the years. But...
Even the 2nd edition of the book is almost 8 years old. Things change, new varieties are discovered all the time.
And PCGS seriously considered doing it again (the 100 point scale) about 4 or 5 years ago. As to the original question, you have to remember the...
Back when I was the newsletter editor for the World Internet Numismatic Society I used to often spend weeks researching, trying to find a...
The rim ding is extreme, and coupled with the scratches & scrapes also on the rev, I think it's almost certainly a details slab.
But it would help a lot more if he would finish the second edition of his dang book ! :D
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