Nickelman, Here is an MS68 for comparisons sake. Personally, I really have trouble differentiating the ultra gem grades from each other and rely...
Finding coins that are mono chromatically toned red is very difficult. I searched my inventory and did not find a single one. I have many coins...
Mike, The green sticker means that CAC agrees with the TPG's assigned grade and is in the high end for that grade. The gold sticker signifies...
NGC uses the star designation for coins with exceptional eye appeal. All of the graders that view the coin must unanimously vote for the star...
If you had the money to purchase one of those machines, why wouldn't you use the money in a venture that did not involve a 25 year prison sentence.
Here is one that you don't see everyday. A pleasantly toned Sacagawea proof. I never thought I would ever buy one of these, until I saw this....
If memory serves me correctly, didn't that original seller have rolls with the one end 1909-S and the opposite end VDB. Basically, he was...
Come on now, this coin is much closer, yet still no black. [IMG]
Visiting the PCGS board is like going to Mexico. Don't drink the Kool-Aid!
Was it really not funny at all, or did everybody miss it because the font was not big enough or blue enough!
Where do you see black on this coin? The bottom edge is emerald green yielding to violet. No black beauties in this thread. I have brightened...
Well when you put it like that, there really is no debate. That ANACS coin is garbage, whereas your proof is as cool as the other side of the pillow.
I have been collecting rainbow toned coins for years and have never seen any of my NGC or PCGS coins turn in their holder. I keep the coins in a...
I use white all the time. I think it makes you focus more on the coin itself. The black gives a border that distracts me.
It depends solely on storage conditions. However, the rainbow toned coins that bring huge premiums sat in canvas bags in bank vaults for decades...
This coin sold for at auction for in the June 2002 Heritage Longbeach Signature Sale for over $700. [IMG] Exactly how long does the rainbow...
What is the grade of this coin and why? The marks in the obverse left field are on the holder not the coin. [IMG] We don't tell newbies that...
My entire collection consists of rainbow toned coins and I don't own a single coin MS62 or below, so I think we have a dilemna. Toning is the...
Now back to some serious Jefferson Toners. It arrived in the mail today, the 1941-D NGC MS67* 5FS and as I suspected, it is so much better than...
They are business strikes from the 50's which are attributed by ANACS as error coins with an IMPROPERLY ANNEALED PLANCHET and the words black...
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