The second coin appears to have been whizzed. I see some striations on the reverse that to me are a sign of being whizzed. In the closeups of...
I think the original coin is an error. It's either a strike through or maybe as Mike said the die beginning to come apart. I don't think this is...
I'll keep it simple. In my mind market grading is when a coin is graded differently then other coins of the same series because of it's...
There is a reason you would never catch me dead at an auction. Lots of fake, problem, and just generally ugly coins bringing stupid money... not...
I see something... It's someone who needs to take some time and read books about how coins are made. These posts about symbols and such on...
I don't think that coin has anything to do with China... most likely it was just plated with something to give it a silvered appearance. I know a...
This looks to be one of the relatively newer ones. I would say it was made within the last 7-10 years... But that is just an educated guess.
Wonder how many are already in slabs?
As someone who has had thousands of coins slabbed by NGC I have to say that I have had no problem with any submission to them. To baselessly...
PCGS is not in Columbus Ohio. I don't think there are any coin grading companies in Columbus. ANACS used to be in Ohio but I think they have...
The pictures are tiny... but it looks like it has a chance to me.
I had a gentleman who came into the coin shop the other day claiming to have found 100 silver dollars and 27 1877 indian head cents while metal...
Perhaps a little "fluffery" of the pop reports?
While there a lot of coins that are more money at the last show I was at I got the pleasure of looking at a 1792 Half Dsime in a PCGS MS65 holder....
I sold a PCGS Graded MS67 for 13k and change at one point several years ago. I'm glad I moved that one.
As someone who buys scrap gold on a regular basis I can tell you this. EVERYONE is buying it. Good, bad, and crooked. I highly recommend that...
Congrats! I started doing what I do now several years ago professionally and I love every second of it. I'm sure you will love it too.
This whole thing is more of an experiment then anything. I want to go through the process and report the outcome whatever it is. I have a coin...
Ahem... http://www.cointalk.com/t108991/#post895828
This coin is going to NGC this week for an appearance review. From the images on the NGC site this coin did not have the discoloration when it...
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