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I’m disappointed in the Smithsonian website. It’s rather cursory and has been for years. The ANS website is much better for coins. That said, I...
Hi Dan. It’s a gold piefort pattern (Gadoury 1148, GEM-288.5, KM-P300, Maz-2531B, PCGS 392919). Incredibly, it’s been graded MS61, PF61 and...
David Hall once told me that a dealer friend had seen a '64 peace dollar. Hard to know if they really exist. Cal
A little numismatic financial history: Dave Bowers as a young man started a dealership on his own. He was then joined by James Ruddy to form...
A little investigation revealed that A-Mark is essentially a subsidiary of Spectrum Group even though A-Mark is listed on NASDAQ under its own...
SB has announced they will merge with A-Mark. My guess is that A-Mark is acquiring SB from Spectrum Group International, the current owner....
The main TPGs have slabbed various metal, non-coin objects. They claim only that the label is correct. Commonest non-coin objects are medals and...
There is no need for a reholder. The hair is not currently present in or on the holder. It was just there during the photography. I may email...
Some curious wording. I'm not a lawyer. So, how does one utter any false, forged, or counterfeit coin or bar? o_O Cal
I have all available. All have the hair. I think they usually just take one photo of each side. Then the round images are digitally put in...
Recently had a French 100-franc pattern coin, designed by Bazor, graded at PCGS under gold shield service, which includes photos. The obverse has...
Are you sure? Could tape it on outside of the folder. PR63 would be about $55k, but you could pickup a circulated example for only $40K....
Nice circulated Morgan. Good acquisition! Now, you just have to get the proof to go with it. :) Cal
Nice sovereign. Nice young head design. Congrats. That stick lying on the ground under the horse's rear is the remnant of a broken lance....
I’m interested primarily French and British coins with a slight interest in recent Central Asian coins. The rest of world coins are a black hole...
I have no opinion on the grade, yours or the grading services, other than it may be inaccurate if based on photos. I'm a terrible grader. Cal
It doesn’t work the way you describe. If a coin is sent for crossing, it’s in a slab of a TPG other than the one you send it to. It will be...
I buy most of my coins at auction. Before I start a series, I study past results extensively and compare NGC and PCGS prices and populations....
As Doug (@GDJMSP) has pointed out many times, precision grading from photos is not possible. Changes in lighting, focus, resolution, color...
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