there's that darned freshness date again!!! LOL
The 5 cent nickel coin was the USA's first metric coin in 1866.
she gets a details grade for being "doctored" LOL
and FWIW the 42-D also looks to have a RPM
I have a kinda naive question: What about the capital gains tax when you sell? I mean, if you sell a stack... isn't that subject to capital...
When I was assembling MS sets I found the 42-D to be quite a bear to find in a really nice, clean Mint State. Most of the coins I found were...
good luck to you! You know I'm pulling for ya.
isn't your vision correctly graded at MS details, jeff?
what did it grade?
The 42-D also has interruptions in the steps
beautiful coins! The 1958 seems to have a small interruption in the steps just to the right of pillar 3 The 1945 and 47-S both have dings that...
why not just know (in your own mind) that the AU-58 sells for more and is more valuable? Why does it all have to be linear?
In my world, this isn't a problem at all. A coin that grades AU-58 should have few contact marks. That means that if it was MS, the lack of marks...
That is exactly right, but PCGS publishes their (the ones used by them) guidelines for grading. The problem arises when they "fudge" or re-define...
actually, many AU58s are already in MS holders
to be fair, Kurt is having a hard time disengaging value from grade. To me, value is value, and grade is grade, but to be honest, he's just...
Grading guides don't take any factors into account other than technical grade. Not to mention the fact that they are never accurate and rarely if...
I agree that if the main function of a TPG is to protect the uninformed, then we really don't need them.
The problem is that the "powers that be" have a vested interest in making grading complicated and unclear. There are many times I have chosen a...
Yes, I am. If an AU-58 coin is spectacular in eye appeal and the MS-60 coin is dull and lifeless, yes! the AU coin is more desirable and therefore...
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