There are several die cracks there that have developed at least three small internal die breaks between them. It also looks like a is a very fine...
OP coin is real, shame about the polishing.
Yes.
The only coins the mint sells directly to the dealers and not to the general public are the bullion silver and gold eagles. As far as I know the...
This has been true for the silver eagles since 2005 but apparently that hasn't bothered all the people willing to spend higher prices for "First...
Sure see if your policy would be willing to make a $100 pay out on a lost or damaged item you insured and told them was worth just $15.
Just because he CAN grade that well doesn't mean that he WILL grade to that level. Especially if it means he can sell undergraded, or problem...
According to Numismatic News San Francisco was to reopen on May 4th.
Discontinue them as stick with cameo proofs.
Until 1997 all dies and hubs were made in Philadelphia. Dies for the branch mints had their mintmarks applied by hand to the dies at Philadelphia...
W quarter are in the bulk bags for circulation ONLY.
But it was PCGS that floated the proposal to switch to a 100 point system some years back.
That's fine, we were all newbies once. The key is to keep an open mind and learn.
I would say that is exactly what happened, there was a lamination right at the edge of the coin and putting it into the prongs caught the...
Yes, he was the winner in the dealers and graders catagory in the first PCGS World Series of Grading.
In THEORY they are worth close to two cents each, if you could get full spot price for the metal. You won't, as an alloy the copper is worth...
Because that is a glossy of terms, not a break down of what are errors or varieties. For example the glossary list "blems" which are not errors,...
Wait they have to apply standards? That has nothing to do with numbers. Applying the standards determines the grade and then the number is then...
I think he is asking if there is a link that will take him someplace that explains what electrotypes are and potentially how they are made....
Just as the 70 point scale adds nothing to the accuracy of grading.
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