Buy the key dates once you understand why you're spending that kind of money on the coin. Mistakes made on expensive coins are much bigger than...
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What a cool story! I'd be shocked if The Numismatist declined to run it.
That's exactly what I did. I didn't recognize the number, he left a voice mail, and I called back.
Assuming you buy your postage online, small flat rate box, securely taped ($7.20 online), unless it's to Zone 1 or 2, in which case a Regional...
And when I use "blown up" above, I mean that they are going to be making it their top priority to improve customer service, not that they are...
Was your son just born recently, or is he old enough for you to be able to share the hobby with him? The Whitman "Red Books" for individual...
Brett Charlville, the new PCGS President, that is. He's reaching out to people who registered for the FUN lunch for a quick intro and to let us...
There is lots of good information at the Notre Dame Coin and Currency Collections website regarding colonial coinage in the context of historical...
I found a Mercury dime once in the street in the late 80s. That's it.
The worst ANACS slabs by far are the ones that were advertised with the "A New Day at ANACS" ads. This was when James Taylor took over and the...
There's probably some truth to this. SEGS has a design patent on their slabs, but it has expired. I think that this is more a case of VHS vs....
These pages are always 3-hole punched in the US and Canada. There are many type of pages you can get, and many types of binders to put them in....
You are sort of out of luck if you're looking for a cheap way to do this that doesn't involve 2x2s or 2x2 flips. If you put coins in a pocket...
This proves nothing other than you being able to post an anecdotal example wherein based only on photos you claim that one coin is higher quality...
The roller marks may very well be struck out, but if the roller was not clean, it could deposit impurities onto the surface that, while struck out...
Yup. That would normally cause me to post a reaction that would be administratively deleted and met with a slapped hand.
I could see the clash. Plenty of 1921s have that clash, and it's minor, barely worthly of mention. I was looking for die gouges, pitting, or a...
Mostly, people who like to hate grading services.
From those pictures, I don't see anything that would make me jump on it. It looks like it could have graded higher if not for the inclusion on...
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