Basically for circulated grades I start at AU50 and subtract one grade for each of the five points of the shield/star that show wear. So XF45....
You bought it at public auction marked MS66 for 5k. THAT is the FMV before the regrade. Now it came back MS64 and is worth 4K (I'll take your...
As was said upstream, Mike Byers is a nationally known error dealer - http://www.mikebyers.com/ he is the publisher & editor of the long running...
They had a huge booth at ANA last summer (being local it was easier for them to travel) with just about everything you could want and more.
Could be the same as the 1933 $20 - gov't contends they were never legally issued so statute of limitations doesn't apply - it's not theft, it's...
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I think you are looking at many years of cherrypicking the weirdest of the weird for his personal collection now up for sale.
Gee. Don't want much do you... I want an 1913 Liberty Nickel in G4
With a word change: "The numbers are highly accurate as to the number of XXXcoinsXXX slabs they have assigned that grade to. It bears no...
It's your White Whale. The really odd thing? Once you find it, six will show up for sale in the next three months.
With both scientific and engineering training, what I'd really like to see is the error values or confidence intervals... Think how you would...
Remember, the collar is not a single piece. When things go wonky (that's a technical term BTW), each piece can apparently be in position, partly...
No, they are not accurate for any coin where there is a significant jump in value between grades
Remember, today's yellow ANACS (Driving Force LLC ownership) is very, very different from yesterday's ANACS (ANA or even Amos Press ownership)....
Other than being out of print and out of date (a lot of new material from existing services, new services, new discoveries, etc. has surfaced...
No, the labels do not add numismatic value. That is not to say some [idiots] will pay more for fancy labels.
There is a 2015 book by David Schwager on Sample Slabs, the 2nd Edition will be out in August - check SampleSlabsBook.com
Actually the threads typically cover the generations of the slabs. What would be fun would be to intermix the history too... The problem is that...
Reported... Notice in the details he says it's PCGS certified
ANACS SWH (Small White Holders) actually come in two ownerships. ANA - which has the gold hologram on the reverse - and are strictly graded to...
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