In this price range, with the amount of counterfeits and problem coins known, absolutely do not ever buy uncertified unless you are an expert and...
3 known? Hot damn. That's awesome. Closest I can come is 5 known.
The 73 has some serious haze on it (very common on these types of coins from this era). If you were to remove the haze, I'm fairly certain it...
We have an expert in Southern Gold, @johnmilton . I'm sure he can tell you more!
No, that is a strike-through, probably a thread.
"Smoothed" usually means there was some damage, or maybe some bad contact marks, on the coin. Someone will use a tool to smooth out the field,...
Are you sure? I swear mine looks just like that! Is mine an SMS? ;) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Are you talking about the long thin mark from his ear to his chin? That is a scratch on the slab.
The green slime comes from polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Acrylic won't make the green slime.
Safes have ratings based on their fire resistance properties. Not all safes are the same. You need to check the fire ratings and pick a type of...
I'm not convinced he has the coin.
To be fair, NGC doesn't publish their standards. However, compare this so-called "XF-45" to the pictures on the PCGS photograde site:...
Have you ever known 3 people to be wrong at the same time? Just because 3 of them agreed to the wrong answer doesn't make them right.
If I were interested in spending that sorta money, I'd choose a single really nice example every time over an assortment of lower grade examples.
I think I would have expected more major marks for a 61. The lack of big marks is why I went with a 62. Obviously the strike is awful, but I'm a...
Wow. No way. They got this one wrong.
*sarcasm* But, what if they got it wrong? Don't you need someone to hold your hand and cut your food? That's why we have CAC! What if CAC got it...
Wow that strike is.... something. I'm at 62.
I'm at 35 on this one, I think it just misses 40.
I give up on trying to grade Indians. I guessed 63, and I still don't see evidence of cleaning in your pictures.
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