Nor would I, but if either of us were to plan on selling one you know we'd both ensure its' authenticity before offering it. Heck, the seller...
I would cheerfully double that coin's book value as graded if I were in the market. Even if there is wear, it's the best illustration I've ever...
Good on you. :D I do not think the seller offered the coin with any malice in mind, but it rather bothers me that someone who sells exclusively...
It's not your photography skills; it's that reflectivity is nearly impossible to image. :) As I just mentioned in another thread, in order to...
No real way to be sure from images this small; I lean towards a strikethrough. This small, I'd call it a detraction from value rather than an...
The trouble with images like that is they do not accurately communicate a true PL/DMPL surface. Even "transitional" surfaces - no longer PL but...
It's been my experience there that the percentage of bidiots is pretty high; few lots hammer at realistic prices. They_do have a large number of...
Um, that coin is in a PCGS MS65+ DMPL slab, exactly as the auction title says....
And that's another thing. TPG grading standards have changed over the years. They started tight, gradually loosened for many years, and have now...
I post way too much to keep track of them afterward. :)
When you look at his other auctions, it becomes plain he's a chef whose specialty is Baked Toning.
There is no "unfavorable" publicity. Good numismatists are hard-edged objective types willing to look past individual data points in favor of a...
Partly why I referred to "subjectivity" on the part of TPG's, and partly maybe a debate over whether you should disqualify a specimen if the...
Error Ref is my Gospel for these things, even when I disagree with Mike. He's usually right even then, anyways. :p
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1921-UNC-MORGAN-SILVER-DOLLAR-RAW-COIN-TARGET-RAINBOW-TONING-3722-/302122942516?hash=item4657ee4034:g:HMEAAOSwnbZYFN0f...
I like your chances, then, as long as that can be said from all areas of field on both faces. :) Of the three, only the '82's in DMPL offer any...
MD can happen this way. See Error Ref's definition page under "Push Doubling:" http://www.error-ref.com/machine-doubling/
Being from Vermont, I prefer sucking on maple trees and drinking whiskey. Pine trees are only for keeping things from being completely white in...
With or without the eventual complete virtualization of commerce, that ship has already sailed. If we as numismatists wish for our hobby to...
My goodness. That's the CoinFacts plate coin, is it not?
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