Of course it's junk - how else could they have lots of higher valued coins, if they haven't sorted out the good stuff?
They are called "dryer coins" - one of the ways this happens is [for smaller coins] they fall between the drums of an industrial dryer and roll...
Even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut
I've bought totally unseen (once) from JJ Teaparty. A 3cs. But I have also seen many pieces from them and trust their grading and descriptions. I...
Actually, as China is moving to a service economy and further up the food chain (designing the phones instead of just selling them) they ARE...
Hallmark samples are rare. The PCI photo certs samples (s: PCI-010-1-2) come up for sale on eBay periodically (maybe a couple times a year), the...
/1/ China is actually a country. A large one, but a country not a continent. /2/ Good luck. Are you going to give up your smart phone? Even if you...
First off the site serves to connect Chinese manufacturers to buyers around to world for millions of legal items. Second it's not illegal to make...
s: ICG-025-1-55 From David's book: Object: Colorado quarter Date: 2006-D Grade: Serial: Label: QUALITY YOU CAN SEE Notes: ICG is based in...
Heritage has part of it mirrored too... http://coins.ha.com/ref/sample-slabs.zx I don't know who that is - the site hasn't been updated since...
More than that... let me key the data from David's book PCI-001-2-1 1944S wheat - 1992 ANA Midwinter PCI-001-2-2 1944S wheat - 1992 TNA show...
Burton is me. David is David Schwager, author of the recently published (and now out of print! But still available in pdf format) Sample Slabs...
It's all online. Mostly. Sometimes you run into somebody at a big coin show. Or even arrange to meet. Somebody like Charmy takes pix and that...
No, I'm purely an amateur. With a big mouth and fast fingers (typing snarky answers to questions). I do seem to be a little better at digging out...
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Last time I posted on this (ATS): http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=186202 I was pointed here:...
I wrote this up last night but apparently the system lost it and I'm too lazy to search it out again. Do a search in Florida for fictitious...
They are the only company who will slab - in a special, "for educational" label - contemporary counterfeits. But isn't that how smaller animals...
All of the TPGs have their niches and special features. Some people like the square shape and top label of SEGS' case. The ICG notch is actually...
Many people forget (deliberately) ICG (which eBay permits) and SEGS (not permitted on eBay listings)
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