Thank you GDJMSP for your excellent reply. You make some great points, especially about the prooflike coins. You also make a good point about the...
If you're coming back to American coins, those 2 are a good way to start! Changing taste buds? Does that hurt?
What sort of moderns? I would think that would be an incredibly easy choice unless these are especially unusual moderns.
We talk about proof and prooflike coins a bit on my thread here: http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t58435/
You'd better send those beat up counterfeits to me, and I'll take care of them properly ;)
A friend on the NGC forums pointed out that this has a nice "guido," which is apparently the term for when the coin is improperly fed through the...
Actually, I do have this off center as well. Slabbed NGC AU-50 10% off center. [IMG] [IMG]
I think strike is also very important, and very underrated. Luster and strike seem to have gotten the short end of the stick in modern market grading.
I think T$ is asking what a hub doubled die is, how its made, why it happens, and what are its characteristics. Once you understand what it is and...
For some varieties, there is no pricing guide. You just have to go with your gut, and decide how much you feel is right. There are clubs that...
Its just hype. Find an error, give it a fancy name and a whole lot of hype, and you might be able to make suckers and fools out of people on Ebay....
I love it. I will eventually one day own one like that.
Just wanted to add and elaborate that Bad Thad is correct about proofs having flowlines. They are just much harder to see, and usually are only...
Okie, I understand what you're getting at now. A proof is actually much easier to notice polishing or cleaning on, because the mirror finishes are...
Nope. There's a sucker born every minute.
What exactly do you mean by this? You mean, how can you tell if the proof coin has been cleaned (post mint)? Or how can you tell if the proof die...
:mouth: That's funny. That thing won't be completed for many, many years.
Feel free to nominate this thread, xtrmbrdr, I won't mind at all ;) To answer your questions: The actual shape of the "spokes" on the...
Thanks! You can see the rest of my set on the NGC Registry here:...
Very glad to hear that. And thanks for the nomination, speedy.
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