Then I guess what I'm seeing is shadowing from the cardboard bending from the staple removal. Could it be from some contaminant on the plastic of...
Read about (or watch the movie about) Mr. 880 (Eight Eighty). 880 was the SS case file number on a counterfeiter in NYC who was passing out...
Looks like something spilled/leaked onto the 2x2, there is light staining on the 2x2 adjacent to where the stain is on the coin. I'll vote for...
As an educational exercise, I would suggest you call your local SS office, and see if they would even consider investigating a situation like the...
I'm clueless, so $300
The greysheet is the dealer's wholesale price guide. You can subscribe, as mentioned above, you can ask your local coin dealer if he would give...
This bumped up my NGC Registry to 119. It was also an upgrade from an ICG AU58 I got in a package deal. Unfortunately, a 65 is out of the budget...
Ok, kids... The pictures I posted were very similar to the pics in the auction when I bought it. The coin is banging with luster in hand, and the...
Huge luster, but a lot of chatter from the pics, so I'll say a solid 64. She's a keeper!
Is there a difference?
Best advice for you at this point as a newbie, is buy slabbed, until you can get a good grip on being able to confidently grade a coin yourself....
GC's shipping fee is also lower then HA's. One coin at GC - $4.50 (+50¢ each add'l) One coin at HA (based on value) - starts at $6.40 + $1.57...
I think it looks worlds better then this Franklin of mine - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gtg-1957-franklin.312548/
I bought this a while ago, more out of curiosity about the in-hand look then anything else. It was so ugly I just had to have it. What do you...
Toning can make a pig look like a beauty queen, and vise verse. So, yeah, it probably is a 65 worthy of a CAC.
Yup, all 5 of them!
I think you've answered your own question. The registry set is for circulation strikes, and proofs. Bullion 'coins' are not coins, and they...
I love doing GTG's, especially on the early commemoratives, as too many folks seem to not be super familiar with them. So, on that note, what do...
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@Skyman - that is a spectacular New Rochelle! Kudos to you, sir! Attractive and/or colorful toning on this series seems to be so hard to come by.
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