Regardless to what the TPGS say, that 1797 is a well struck beautiful coin!
I'm sure their standards are different for early American coins vs modern ones. If they used the same criteria for all then most early American...
Add an "F" after the "X" and the grade would be redundant.
I never thought about the order in the sets. I guess if was the only set like that then someone would find value in it. However, unlike TPG...
Pretty looking merc. I'll go with 66 for both. The marks on the reverse keeps it from 67 (note: in another year this old fart will be a 67...
Leave the pooch out of it!
The term "market acceptable" bothers me to no end as far as grading is concerned. I've run into this with coppers such as Indian Head Cents. A...
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I suck at guessing on well toned coins like this. Given the lack of distracting marks I'd go with the coin going from 65 to 66.
I was told to carry a pocket full of change with me to warn people that I was coming.
I'll go with 63 original and 64 NGC
I've been both a buyer and seller with GC for a number of years and have no complaints. I'm comfortable with their auctions and like the quality...
Sad to hear that! I wish them all a full and speedy recovery.
I bring a stick to ward off the bears who aren't getting enough honey!
Good points! I poke fun now and then about some posts and hope they aren't taken personally. I pass over posts that don't interest me anyway so...
Maybe he's trying to set the CT record for the shortest time to 1000 posts.
I think some women I know have known about the ignore button years ago.
I probably would have had better luck using my cellphone. The data rate is much higher. I guess as I get older smaller screens and buttons are...
It's just not that simple for some of us. As I mentioned in my earlier comments I suspect my slower rural broadband connection hurt my chances....
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