Oh, it's on Ebay? I didn't look. :) It's not easy to offer an objective opinion on a coin when you already know a TPG's opinion. Easier for me,...
I have my problems with VAMworld - the wiki format is ludicrously insecure for its' importance and too few are providing genuine, relevant...
You're going to look back at this time in your life with great embarrassment when you grow up. The fact that these are known with weak strikes...
I'm seeing a semi-easy 65 on technical merit aside the major gouge across the breast. I know it's not physically large, but it could not be in a...
As far as downgrading, a certain Lincoln Memorial MS70 comes to mind....
I don't know if it's universal, but I've seen it listed often enough that I felt it should be mentioned. Hope your browser doesn't consider...
Put a small pocket mirror in the spot where the coin will be. Maneuver the camera so it "sees" the center of the lens in the center of the shot...
I poised my cursor over the "Presidential Dollars" radio button to express my displeasure with them, and then realized that a bad day fishing is...
Just get with @messydesk, who is an SSDC board member, former President and the guy you sent your money to if you paid electronically. :) I've...
No, it won't do the trick. Fingerprints are permanent after a short period; they're etched into the coin. You could remove it with a thiourea dip,...
Figured you would. :) How are you on getting coin and camera parallel? You know the mirror trick?
Even with "pure" acetone, you will see one added ingredient if they're being pedantic on the label: Denatonium Benzoate. This is apparently the...
All the better reason to like him. :)
Good question, because the only MS68 Ikes listed in PCGS Population are silvers, 1971-1974 and 1976-S. Top Pop for all other Ike issues is MS67....
He's the best grader on the Forum, once a consensus has been reached or the grade posted. :P The only thing I an think of is they chose to...
I'd rather know where the camers is placed, its' distance from and orientation to the coin before offering advice. Generally, your best starting...
I'm not at VF20 on that coin. The obverse might get there, but the reverse does not. No idea why CAC stickered it.
Usually the only photographer onsite at a show is if Todd is there; he dominates the field so completely that few others bother. I think...
I see the slab at 63 and my own opinion at 64. I like woodies too. :)
Hehehe. Pleased to hear. :) The disadvantage to selling in this fashion is, you're far easier to scam than other types of retailing. The...
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