Technically FPG not TPG. The club graded their own merch for sale, hence the First Person Grading. Still way cool
http://www.pcgs.com/News/pcgs-morgan-dollar-assay-medals-at-ana and http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=82663
No, Nic-A-Date works only on nickel - it's hard enough for the very slight differences to be meaningful. Sadly, there's no known fix for dateless...
Bigger package is less likely to be tucked into a pocket... It may also have been cheaper to buy one size envelope based on what s/he usually sells.
HA's page lists that as a BIN price. Go here: http://pcgs.com/cert/25539974 - half way down is a link to prior appearances of this coin at the...
No, rzage. Lookup the cert# at pcgs and follow it to the original HA auction...
Hey, it was only 8200 and change when it was sold in '12 at the Heritage auction... and it's for sale BIN at 22k... (look it up!)
Iceman- the reason the dates on your buffs continued to be eaten away is that you didn't neutralize the acid (lemon juice or vinegar). Over the...
Way... http://www.ngccoin.com/ana_welcome.aspx
Join the ANA for around 30$ then request an NGC account (free).
Coin-op laundry... used to put colored coins in the change machine as a warning that it was getting low.
Highly doubt that the auction company will be on the hook. Once you open the sealed bag was to prove that you didn't substitute. Plus you can...
ICG is known as "I Can't Grade"
Certainly it does seem like a lot of coin related businesses go through a lot of churn. At ANA there was an exhibit on sample slabs that...
And to give credit where credit is due, David's about to throw the book at the hobby when its published next month. The funny thing about David's...
They are a FPG (First Party Grader), that is slabbing (not sonically sealed btw) and grading coins for their own sales. They are a large CDN coin...
Sure... Conder's book (now out of print) says ACG5: "Large slab now with obverse and reverse photos. Back has full address in Greenwich CT. Used...
I'm a purist - to be a sample slab it must say "SAMPLE". A promotional slab is one that is designed to promote a business (including the grading...
Awesome report Charmy... great to meet you and chat... especially liked your talk
That is a promotional slab, not the ACG label. I haven't seen those done before. Style-wise that is ACG5 (Condor's plate coin is an Ike btw). The...
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