The point is moot unless you intend to melt the coins and recover the copper. That's not what people who stack silver are planning. It's bought as...
Or you could take him at his word and believe he took on this ridiculous waste of high-end manpower out of disgust at what his creations had...
There are roll searchers who do that in a year.
Supplies: 1) Coins 2) Something to carry/display the coins in 3) Receipts 4) Pen
And the seller did the honorable thing.
Why is PCGS "right?"
Then let sleeping dogs lie.
Have a look at it the last time it sold publicly:...
Yeah, I think Thad missed the context where you refused to mention MS70. Never say never, but that's sure what it looks like to me, too.
In a lot of cases - this coin being one - I'm pretty much down to grading it by the wheat stalks. It's the surface that utterly fascinates me, and...
They're getting that way with flounder, up here.
Amen. The '85-CC is a headscratcher. It's VAM-3 with the tilted mint mark, and the scratch visible here in the cheek detail (along the curve...
Your images make it clear it's worth the grade assigned, and to my mind would be good enough for insurance purposes - it's clearly a good 66, not...
I bet it left the Mint in much better cosmetic condition. Chances are the lamination would still have been visible, but probably much tighter to...
If it matters to them, they don't know enough about coin photography. Aside the desire for more full-spectrum lighting for colorful coins, any...
NGC is privately held. It's one of the reasons I prefer them; they're less likely to be a tail wagged by the shareholder dogs which is what I...
I'd deflate. :P
Nope. Ebay seller "Centsles." They're his playtoy TPG.
In truth, we're at the point with this coin where I'd want really professional images - meaning no offense - to come to any firm conclusions. It's...
I have no opinion whatsoever on the quality of the coin based upon one set of scans (they're not even photographs). I know better.
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