Couldn't have happened to a nicer industry.
And so you're asking on the...? ;)
I don't remember any discussion here of recent changes at Hugh Wood. What's happened? When I was actively buying and selling on eBay, I...
Not sure what you're asking here. Is it unusual to find a proof in circulation? Kinda, but not that unusual. Is it unusual to find an S-mint...
Nope, I was a kid paying close attention at the time. :) When SF started striking coins with the S mint-mark again in 1968, only cents and nickels...
Looks like square rims and mirror fields to me. I also don't see bag marks. Compare a couple of full-step regular strike examples from PCGS. I...
When I was first collecting, I think the Red Book listed XF, AU, BU, Choice BU, and Proof. (I guess that was one source of the "proof is a better...
Well, yeah, but -- you're starting with a 5% solution of acetic acid and a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide, so it's pretty dilute. Wikipedia says...
That's my go-to solution as well. It's slower than vinegar-and-peroxide, but that's a GOOD thing -- it's easier to avoid letting things go too far.
I asked the same thing in another thread. The answer made sense, at least as much sense as the entire bean-chase subgenre. I'm still guessing a...
Adding 30 "points" of range to the Sheldon scale, and then just establishing a one-to-one correspondence between assignable grades in the old...
Well, that seems... yeah, what you already said. Maybe they realized that the math to map 10-point-scale grades into the registry rankings would...
I know the 28-P has fallen out of favor in recent years, but man, that one's a beauty! I expect there'd be quite a fight over it if it ever goes...
Yeah, wouldn't that wreak havoc in the lowball registry competition? My collection certainly has a lot more coins in the "1.5 range" than the "9+...
Good news: you're only missing one year. There aren't any US quarters dated 1975 -- all the ones struck in 1975 had the Bicentennial design, and...
Do you have any reason to think that an X 10 is harder to get than a Sheldon 70? Besides the small numbers of X-slabbed coins in general? I can...
It might be a strike-through, or it might be some form of damage. Either way, I'm pretty sure it detracts rather than adding value. I've returned...
Yeah, as a US collector, I'd be more inclined to put together a team of lobbyists and/or a set of "campaign contributions" to get the dead...
I see the Loot Boxes, sorry, Vault Boxes as a desperate attempt to make the 10-point scale happen. I'm hoping the majority sees them the same way,...
I'm wondering the same. The "doubling" looks like simple reflection between the mirror field and the case, and the spot is just that -- a spot, a...
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