In addition to what USS said - you might want to consider keeping the set intact in its original packaging. Every year there is getting to be...
Yes there are, in the PCGS grading book. Doubt it would matter because to my knowledge carbon spots cannot be removed. Even if you dip a coin...
The guy I was responding to seemed to think the coins were made out of a solid alloy. The first part of my comment plainly says that most people...
Gorgeous color, does it look like that in hand ?
To a large degree most of the value in the gold coins is melt value, that's about $3k give or take. So the rest of the cost is for the ASE -...
No, it isn't. It pertains to spots period - any kind of spots - which of course includes carbon spots. It is published in their book of grading...
There's a couple of reasons. First and foremost is cost, soft flips are cheaper to make and thus cheaper to buy. Secondly, but perhaps even more...
Fair enough Chris.
Actually there are guidelines given in the PCGS grading standards. But it has been my experience that PCGS rarely follows their own published...
It's just a normal coin with that amount of toning.
When you learn enough about coins that you can judge, with confidence, if a coin is worth the asking price or if it is graded correctly, then you...
Rhetorical I assume ?
It is because mint wrappers are not airtight and coins can and will tone even in mint packaging. For that matter coins can and will tone in any...
Yeah I know. And I know why. It is because before the two companies (ICG and ANACS) traded places ANACS had been considered to have much tougher...
No, they don't. The Grey Sheet doesn't use the average of anything to come up with their prices. And they come up with new prices every week. GS...
What do you think the first part of that sentence meant ?
Well, it is.
When it comes to the Red designation, NGC and PCGS both have the same standards. To be designated Red, the coin has to be 95% or more original...
I always find it odd when people say that. I mean, after all, ANACS is owned by the man who set the grading standards for ICG, and the ANACS...
Funny, I thought I said that.
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