Could be a bit of steel (wire or nail fragment, etc.) embedded in the planchet. Would take an industrial x-ray unit to see it. Cal
OK. I found it! Go to the first website page of the set type (the page that lists current sets and all time best sets). At the top, click on...
As you may be aware, the important factors for ranking sets in the PCGS registry are the weighted GPA (grade point average) and completeness of...
Some of the bullion dealers probably have a good idea or hard data on the distribution of grades of ASEs as they come from the mint. Don't know...
Yeah, there are lots of possibilities. Does anyone know what percentage of business strike ASEs coming out of the mint grade 69 or 70? Cal
I would give NGC the benefit of assuming their usual grading standards applied to these coins. After all the hoopla of a special slab and...
For mid- to high end, PCGS auction prices realized. It will get most of the big guys, like eBay, Heritage and StacksBowers, and some of the...
Looks real, but can't be sure from pics alone. Also looks to be uncirculated. Handle with care (no bare fingers, no metal, no sliding or...
I've only bought one recent (i.e. newer than 1942) US Mint issue since the 1980's. That was a 2017 MS70 ASE just to show non-collectors what a 70...
I don't see the coins ever being handed over to the Langbords. There is also little chance the government might put one or more coins up for...
I don't think they share this info. This mystified me for a while, but I think the reason is they don't want the other side to pick and choose...
Muscle cars were the glam cars when I was in my teens and early twenties. Mags were the closest I got to having a hotrod. By the time I could...
You are right! Cal
Actually, it's nitromethane that makes cars go faster, not nitrous oxide ... unless you're talking about giving to the driver. ;)
Agree. Chloroform (CHCl3) smells sweet. So does its cousin, iodoform (CHI3). Both were used for decades medically before the former was declared...
A slab with tempered glass windows would be even better than scratch-resistant plastic. It would cost more, but for higher end coins, it would be...
This is a good point. Most collectors treat slabs carefully. I've seen a few being careless at coin club meetings, but most treat them almost as...
We lost a great one. I think I admire most his honesty and determination to hold others to an ethical standard. But his articles, encouragement...
Nice to see the groschen. When I lived in Austria in the 1970's, I thought "groschen", which was 1/100 of a schilling, was a funny name because...
Unfortunately, it ain't that simple. Especially when you get a bunch of pics from someone else with file names that don't contain the cert. nos....
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