I thought that this was an old ICG holder
well, you have to keep in mind who should be having fun, but yes, you are playing very nicely! The difference between here and your grading...
The population of sets like those is impossible to know
MS-64
is that a really late die state? or is that a WEAKLY struck coin? It looks like a lot of planchet defects made it through to post-strike.
Scratched AU/XF Details The coin is far too damaged to straight grade
and he reads like Proust :D
I have always thought that true collectors really don't care what the price is and couldn't care less if they go up in value, because they bought...
I think it will. I also think that years down the road prices will plummet. Reminiscent of the 1999 Silver Proof Sets, once the people who...
My point was why would we even concern ourselves with current methods when the coins we're talking about are from the previous era?
Pigs get fed. Hogs get slaughtered.
How many woodies have there been since the Mint went to copper coated Zinc planchets? My guess is none. I thought that we were referring to...
Not to just jump in, but when the strip comes from a roll, it would be difficult, if not impossible to re-orient. I was not aware that the Mint...
It's not spin. It's an opinion. Spin implies that I have an interest in what anyone else thinks. I don't.
SQG, the fact that you've gotten in on every one that you wanted proves that it's possible and that's really all that I expect from the Mint....
From what I understand, these S minted proof ASEs will be available in 1 other set this year if you miss out on this one.
I'd grade them both MS-64. Both are good coins, but compared to most other 1881-S coins, not gem.
It looks more like granite than it does bronze. I would guess that the different alloys must have cooled at different temperatures to create such...
I have enjoyed this thread more than any thread Insider has ever started.
Truthfully, other than the seemingly useless early release designation, NGC's slab is correct. I just have a twitch every time an authority, (be...
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