What Jim is pointing out here is that it is the huge differences in the type of luster each coin has that produce the appearance each coin has,...
They were only able to do that because there was a specific law that required them to do so. There's something you need to understand that you...
Just a question mind you, but does that include yours about PCGS, and or the TPGs in general ? And just for the record, I consider all forms of...
By law, they can't.
The only reason they are minted to begin with is so the govt. can sell silver and gold bullion and make a profit from doing so. Could they change...
Is it time to change the dime design? Ever hear the saying - be careful what ya ask for ? They claim the answer to why that saying exist is...
It's pretty easy to do. Pick a common coin like say dimes. Now look in the Red Book and look down the dates, if Proofs were minted the number of...
Yes. Get your book out and look it up.
Gins_Coins - You can do a ton of work, beyond a ton of work. But as I tried to explain in my initial post most of it isn't going to help you...
There was an even easier way - Ball Jars and or Mason Jars. They were manufactured for home canning purposes and first invented in 1858. As I...
It's another one of those things that depend upon whom you ask. But a quick look at your Red Book gives you the answer. There is a year and I...
It's not just coins minted pre and post 1950. The TPGs have changed designations on coins minted post 2000 ! For a few years were MS, or SMS, the...
It's a question that a lot of people don't get, don't understand. But the answer is really quite simple - it's because it's easier to get away...
Mariaaggie - The certs were placed with each coin in an arbitrary manner. What I mean is there no way to ever say that one specific serial number...
And it likely won't. Read what I just posted there to understand why.
To my way of thinking what the TPGs call/designate what is and what isn't a Specimen is all kind of fishy. As I said above, PCGS says this -...
Sounds like he had a lot in common with Einstein. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the...
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I aint tellin :D
The basic concepts covered by just your single paragraph - it would take several chapters in a book to explain it thoroughly. In fact it did in...
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