Be aware, though, if you're successful in restoring the date, propriety requires you mention it's been done if you offer it for sale down the...
Set yourself on a course to learn what can and can't happen before a coin leaves the Mint. The most important skill in identifying worthy error...
Good case in point. The difference in price between that coin and what you could get *any* other decent 2015 ASE for - in or out of a slab - was...
Don't discount the possibility that the show seller was deceived himself. Many coin dealers are generalists, and simply lack the time to be aware...
And if you didn't know this instinctively before purchasing it, consider that a strong warning that you will eventually get taken to the cleaners...
If I had that kind of scratch, in addition to the attitude towards numismatics I do already have, I'd be looking hard at being the guy worthy of...
I did after Lou's post yesterday. Eclectic mix of grades/values, small but sharp images which struck me as honest to the coin. Found a couple I'd...
That's not inconceivable. This could have been the "advertising" before the intended sale, to ensure they have everyone's attention. It's now...
To you and me, it's an odd juxtaposition that those with the most money would be the least daring with it. If you've enough discretionary finds to...
All I can see is simple intellectual and professional laziness on the part of the US Mint. The rest of the world isn't so limited in their...
You're quite welcome. Being pedantic is among my favorite things to do. :)
Sometimes one can say huge things with small words. :)
SEGS is a "second tier grader" with a very important difference. The guy behind SEGS, Larry Briggs, is a numismatist of national reputation. He's...
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http://www.pcgs.com/store/p-40-pcgs-collector-education-course-coin-grading-101.aspx Maybe? Perhaps the OP doesn't know it's a live course,...
Nothing logical.
At least SGS has joined the "alphabet soup" of former basement slabbers. Still dangerous because he slabbed so much crap, but it's now a horror...
That is just about the most horrible thing I've ever seen done to a nice coin.
Not a lot of info out there; my number was from 2012, I think, so more might have been found since. Still a pretty rare bird, because the die...
Abon got taken down hard a couple years ago. He was fencing, sending people out for what he wanted to sell. Cuyahoga County RICO'd him.
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