It's a terrible happenstance, but I have to wonder what the enabling element was: Did the hotel permit an inside job, are their rooms unsecure...
Either misaligned die strikes or off center strikes are not really considered "worthy" unless severe enough that details are missing from the face...
It's also misaligned on the reverse, but not as a pair with the obverse. Is that a net "off-center?" :p I construe an "off center" strike as one...
There are no MS70 Business Strike coins from PCGS or NGC. None. Of any US issue. There was one PCGS MS70 2003 Cent, but it was downgraded after...
Could have been a cheap loss-leader to build clientele.
Wow. I bet that's a happy seller.
It's not all that common if we're talking about paying $900-1000 for it....
All three of us. :D
I wouldn't go over $900 for it. They're not that hard to find; there were six MS64's at this month's Heritage FUN auction alone.
Good. :) Machines can't take over grading any more than they can take over movie reviewing.
That's the working end of a collar clash.
What an utterly astounding and unique error. I doubt there's anything like it in US numismatics, and well worth the price paid.
That was meant to illustrate that NGC is, like PCGS, a part of a larger consortium which grades and evaluates more than just coins. You'll note...
Fun to watch, ain't it? :)
No smiley necessary; it made for a teaching moment anyway. :) Honestly, the difference in atomic mass between the two is why I ended up looking...
PCGS has FS-101 in CoinFacts. The two auction results were there, in RB color.
They are, to an extent, a dog being wagged by the money tail as well, but to my mind it's the corrupt TPG system which has forced them there. It...
Part and parcel of numismatics - especially in the online community arena - is an element of bragging. That's why we have Registries, and "Post...
It's almost certain that ANA completely lacks the skillset to even attempt anything like this. What they_do have, however, is the only...
You're putting this issue out of reach, man. Just stop. :P
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