In a way, but only because both are out and out lies. What it is, is that the TPGs changed the grading standards - and nobody cared. To the...
The '80, '81, and '86 are actually the nicest coins of the bunch, with the '86 being the nicest of them all. At least based on your pictures. And...
He's saying that the definition of an uncirculated coin, an MS/Mint State coin, is not what it used to be. But it's not a recent change, it's a...
Hmmm, I don't even know where to start with this :confused: I mean there are just so many different levels, so many different aspects or points...
Use the ring type and you'll never have that problem.
Well that depends, on 2 things. 1 - you still have to buy the 2x2s, so why not just save the money and use it towards proper holders. And 2 - it...
Another way of looking at is to only buy coins that you are completely - 100% - happy with exactly as they are when you buy them. If you even ask...
I never said ANACS wasn't the first TPG. I am merely saying it is not the same company that it was then, because it isn't. Nor is NGC, PCGS, or...
Your thoughts about the downside of using Saflips are quite correct and accurate. Flips absolutely impart wear to coins. There is an additional...
Let me ask you a question, do you like the way your coins look now ? And would you like it if they didn't look that way anymore ? Well, the odds...
Just remember this - if it bugs ya now, and it obviously does by your own words, it'll bug ya even more later ;)
You can also buy the name of a company (or not) when you buy the company. And apparently that was the case with ANACS, each different time the...
No, I have never had a profession involving coins. Don't have a profession at all anymore. Nope, sold every single one. I do have 2 copies of...
Suffice it to say that ebay is one of the worst places in the world to look up prices. Why ? Because the majority of people on ebay pay way more...
Your attachment didn't come out the way you expected, but it doesn't really need to. You're trying to understand how and why 2 different coins...
At various times - all of the above.
It's pretty simple, graders are not allowed to buy and sell coins. So how does David Hall get away with it ? Again simple, he doesn't grade the...
First of all, CoinTalk's policy is and always has been that we do not allow user name changes. And even then, only if there are extenuating...
Yeah, in 1960. Point being, I've always bought books. So no, I did not switch from collecting coins to collecting books. But I did continue to buy...
It took me 46 years to discover that it was neither one for me. I discovered, finally, that it was the study of coins that I really loved. Not...
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