You know, despite what might seem indications otherwise, I'm not averse to adopting a grading regimen like this. I just feel we'll never see...
My guess wold be a substantial age/wear difference between the two dies. The original reverse died prematurely, and a new one was paired with the...
I'm no fan of video for grading, but it's actually a far better way to hint at PL/DMPL than any still images. In fact, it helps to prove what...
And I think the opposite, but your points are all valid and, well, it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong. :) Either way, this is merely a...
Of course they do. It's their vested interest. Disappointed customers are not good for business, and assigning any sort of altruistic motive to a...
We're always going to be reactive, not proactive, in dealing with counterfeits. It's my feeling that the overriding priority is educating...
Proof coins are one of the (very) rare exceptions to the rule that everything is better with the addition of either bacon or chocolate.
A feeder finger could not reach into the recesses of the die to make its' marks; feeder finger damage appears only on the fields of a coin.
Stipulated. This coin, however, demonstrates two strong arguments against that method: 1) Relatively large-dimension pitting on the surface,...
No, we aren't to "assume" that in the scientific sense of "assume," implying a degree of certainty. But, what we_do_know is that the process of...
Not possible. One could be just as happy with the luster on a baggy MS63 as on an MS67, and aside outlier limits on the low side strike should not...
What sort of drivel is this?
I wouldn't exactly "toss it in the pile" in the "chalk it up to experience" sense; the luster would likely net you AU50 without trouble and at...
Idle note: If you Google the words "EAST CARIBBEAN STATES 2000 25 CENTS," your coin is fully explained at the first result, and every one of the...
No, they don't at all.
At $64 this is a lovely coin indeed. :)
A little counterpoint: Surface preservation: Agreed at 65 but I'm not far from 66 as the fields are pristine. Luster: Not present, in these...
You know, I'm not really seeing this as a perfect match for -004, either. That one is stated to be a Normal/Inverted or Inverted/Normal MM, and...
Agreed. @Dough, see how the lower "knob" on the MM is clearly split? That's a smoking gun for a genuine RPM; machine doubling won't do that. It's...
You don't get marks when you move things at Dremel speed, either. :) I'll bet this one has had so much metal removed that you could tell the...
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