While you're reporting to your friend keep in mind that even though the coin has been dipped, and thus does not have original surfaces with luster...
Someplace there's a book or an article that will have the tolerance information you seek. But I grant you, finding such information is often...
That's simply not true. It's a fallacy, or trap, that many fall into - including the TPGs at times. Any defects on a coin that result from...
Well, clear definitive pics of both sides of the coin would kind of defeat the purpose of the quizzes. The purpose of his quizzes are to get...
:jawdrop: Awww geeez ! Please don't go calling me an "expert" - you'll ruin my reputation for sure doin stuff like that ! :D As for the...
And if one die was grease filled, and all other specifics, spacing, alignment, etc, were as they were supposed to be, then that would be an...
Yes. You can't have weak strike pressure on one side only because pressure is only created when it is applied to both sides. So weak on one side...
You'll certainly get no argument from me on that ! But that coin grading 2 points higher ? That I disagree with and have already explained why -...
I dunno gentlemen, given ALL the quotes above and the order in which they were posted, it seems to me that we have "pot calling the kettle black"...
You shouldn't need to assume at all Jeff for I have made the following statement more times than I can count, and for as long as I can remember -...
I think you're missing the primary point I was trying to get across. That being, that it doesn't matter what caused the marks, lines, etc. When it...
Cherry-picking is by definition taking advantage of knowledge you have that the seller does not have. I'm not saying it's wrong to make use of...
Based on that statement it appears kind of obvious that you think the coin should have been graded higher. And apparently some others are of a...
That's precisely what it is. Nothing more than those with knowledge, taking advantage of those without it.
It's pretty simple, in my context, fantasy equates to prices that are higher than they should be. Put another way, paying more coins than they are...
But it's a proven fact it isn't sufficient at all. And it's not just the wood you have to worry about. The wood is merely an additional problem to...
You can usually find most coins at some dealer's shop for less than what you'll find it for on ebay. All ya have to do is take the time to look.
And nobody ever does wanna hear it, but that doesn't change anything. It never has and it never will. And before you think I'm going down my usual...
And that's what they do. Problem is most folks don't know what "top dollar" actually is. In other words, there's what top dollar is in the real...
Studies ? Not to my knowledge. But what we do have are centuries worth of experience and history of what various coin storage methods have...
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