Happy New Year! :playful: OK, no looking in the Redbook until you've made your best guesses! A few rules: a. If a mint produced more than one...
Thanks for sharing. I've made lots worse mistakes. Steel yourself, put on a pair of rubber gloves, pretend you're an archaeologist, and go for...
There's a septic tank on a property near me that has a $3,000 diamond in it. Why? Well, the lady of the house left her engagement ring in her...
Gotta agree with Doug on this one. :woot: Long ago I used cheap folders for cheap coins. Finding some of them corroded and ugly toned some years...
I was a little upset when NGC decided to exclude adding PCGS coins to their registry, but not much. Most of my sets were already exclusively...
Yeah. The final blow was when the owner of NWTM lost a multi-million dollar lawsuit and was arrested by the FBI for running a Ponzi scheme....
Mint NDAs, if they exist, may have a statement about national security confidentiality and criminal penalties in it for some employees. There may...
Yes, PCGS has a conservation service ... for an extra fee. No guarantee of success. PVC residue can be removed with acetone or tetrahydrofuran....
Yeah. Anyone want to see my pilonidal cyst scar? (Don't google it while eating!). Cal
I've gotten this message before from NGC. It's happened because they've spotted something that may eventually cause damage (like PVC residue) or...
I agree with you. Anyone who thinks finders/keepers applies to historical and archeological artifacts in the US is mistaken unless they own the...
The extremely rare and expensive (six figure) original Confederate half dollars were struck at the NO mint. They were presentation pieces for...
Haven't been there myself, but the old NO Mint has two museums in it ... one dedicated to jazz, the other to coining. The link below is a video...
They're being sold by Apmex and maybe elsewhere. See the links below. Cal...
Anyone have experience with NGC or PCGS Stage Coach BU Morgans? I'm assuming they're common date and would grade near the bottom of MS. But how...
Unless you're willing to pay the extra-high prices for walk-through service, there's nothing instant about having a coin graded regardless of...
It doesn't prove anything about grading standards. There's no way to know the condition of the raw coins that were submitted and that may have...
A little clarification (I hope!:)). I think grading standards have loosened a bit over the decades, but haven't seen definitive proof. So it's...
I've benefited multiple times from regrading and crossing. So ratcheting has worked for me. However, most of my submissions for regrading have...
I think gradeflation by TPGs over the decades is real in the sense that for many series, the percentage of coins in higher grades has increased....
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