For modern Swiss you have business strikes which are intended for circulation. Their "mint set" is what you have. Typically fully PL and cameo....
Super common coin, but super rare grade. I got offered a couple original rolls of 1967 Swiss silver 1/2 Francs. Sent about 25% of them into be...
Found this in a dealer's stock. Way out of his and my area of expertise, but it looked very appealing and it seemed cheap (I think $60). Just came...
The 1917 Germany (Saxony) Friederich The Wise 3 Mark celebrating the Jubilee of Reformation is the key modern German coin. Lightly impaired...
All three are extremely rare proof of record strikings. I don't believe there are any records of how many were minted, but it's very few, and they...
A 1952 Denmark specimen set from the John Jay Pittman collection. I recently purchased the (2) 1952 and (2) 1951 sets from his collection. The...
It's by Vaughton. Listed in the British Historical Medals 1760-1960 (Volume 3) as BHM-4300. Also listed in Portraits of a Prince by Giordano as...
What makes you think the color is stable or 300 years old? It could have been toned a day before it was submitted to PCGS. It could be completely...
One of the problems with using "proof characteristics" to declare something a proof is that you're going to run into situations like this, where...
Probably India - Travancore, 1860-1880 Fanam (Anataraya), KM-23.
The ones in their Mint Sets are intended to be PL. I do not know when this started, probably mid-1970's. The Swiss make incredible quality coins....
FDC is a way of describing the condition of the coin and has no relation to being a circulation strike or a proof strike. What FDC means varies,...
If you include world coins, there are a few. I made this one back around 2010. Came from an original roll. A bunch others from the roll graded...
As mentioned by others, there is no way a simple drop from human height onto any surface could have caused those marks. If you didn't notice them...
The 3 coins you mentioned should all be easily discernable as proofs. All 3 were struck with full mirrors and extremely sharp strikes. They look...
Turnaround times can be all over the place. I have an Economy World that was received 2/28/22 and it posted grades today. Other submissions from...
It would make a difference to the seller if the package showed as delivered with tracking, but the KY location claims not to have received it....
It's $750, not $250. They changed it several years ago. Sellers need to know that the $750 includes all costs paid by the buyer, so if the item...
She may have picked political sides, but she carries the banner of LUBERT for all Americans...
I'm a big fan of this design. Started collecting with the 1/2 Dineros, but have moved on to the other associated denominations as my 1/2D set is...
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