Considering its graded by PCGS, I would imagine the area Doug highlighted and the dots I mentioned are toning. While the pic looks flat, without...
But that is the entire purpose of having a standard. I look up stuff on the internet and find wrong information all of the time. There is no...
That's what I meant, if the slab said S and it looked like a D I would be hesitant to second guess them, but labelling it a P when it clearly has...
While I like the cd's and think they are helpful, I am a hard copy kind of guy. The Krause's have life sized photos of coins which I find very...
I know it sounds like I was talking out of both sides of my mouth, sorry. I will 98% of the time go with whoever sees the coin, but with the...
Like Doug, I would go with the TPG, (or any experienced dealer/collector), who has the coin in hand versus someone looking at a photo. Being able...
Fair enough, but it is hard to be determinative. OP, I would take the half to another dealer and ask about these things. Either that or a...
I am just not good at telling harsh cleaning from photos. To me the potential problems I saw were what you described on the reverse and the 5 dots...
Ah you New Yorkers and being able to actually meet fellow board members.....Must be nice! :) I am stuck out in "the middle". At least we have one...
I would suggest this as well sir. Official presses are rare and expensive. Why buy a press when you could have them make them to your specs?...
It looks like the reverse should be turned a quarter turn counter clockwise. Other than that I have never seen anything similar in ancients, and...
I just see XF's grading AUs, and AU's grading 62, (TPG grader confirmed this in a recent NN article), and 63's grading 65 nowadays a lot. I don't...
I would go AU53 as well, especially in today's grading environment. I read this post earlier and guess I am just flabbergasted. I haven't kept...
Collectors collect. Even if I were having a harder time I would find ways to collect SOME kind of coins. :)
Agreed. The two main factors modern coins do not tone as much as older silver is metal composition does not lead to it, and modern holders aren't...
I have never had a water spot on a coin with distilled water. I do three baths, the first gets most everything off the coin, and the second two...
You know, I just had an idea inspired by your post. I think a lot of us know Paul Green, and how his articles are still appearing in NN after...
As a brief overview, about 8 Roman Republicans, about 20 Roman Imperials, 14 Kushan, 4 Sassanid, 8 Hepthalite, 7 Sogdian, 2 Himyarite, 6 Greek, a...
Yes I agree its a terrible loss. I did not even know he was ill or to the point of only having a finger to use. I always enjoyed his threads, and...
In my opinion, never trust the masses of Ebay to be the best judges of quality. As long as the coin looks similar to the photo, and they receive...
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