The company went out of business some years ago. But yes, it was a good product, used it myself.
Folders, albums, coin boards - all share the same problems. That was the point I was making. As for framing, it's not much different, and in fact...
You guys think this - [ATTACH] - is due to a lamination ? Now I'll grant you, there is a lamination to the right of that, that you can see on...
Here's one that I co-designed, it is minted in copper or silver - [IMG]
BATTERup646 - I'm going to give you, and anybody else willing to listen, a piece of advice here. While coin boards, folders, and albums, are one...
Light wear on the cheek, and maybe a bit on the cap, and on the eagle's head and beak.
I'm inclined to go with a punch and a hammer, a tool, as having made those marks. I've shot too many coins with BB guns, pellet rifles, and...
Staff members come and go, even senior staff. But the bolded part of your post seems to indicate there might, stress might, be some reason they...
Therrrrrrre's Speedy !
Fair enough. Now I suggest you both let it stop right there.
What is the right age ? Depends on the kid. You can't "make" anybody have an interest in anything. They either do or they don't. My approach has...
I think a few comments are in order. First of all when you are looking up values it must be assumed that the coin you are checking on is problem...
I mean the envelope was sealed. And sealed when they arrived, not years later. I think it is also worth noting that there is only 10 years worth...
There's a huge difference between knowing how to grade, and being forced to use the grading standards that your company tells you to use. And...
That's debatable. The early Proof sets were absolutely sealed. The brown packing tape on the boxes is proof of that. Once they switched to flat...
Would a TPG grade that coin MS ? Yeah probably so. But there is no way that coin is MS in my opinion - based on the pictures of course. Could I...
Oh I agree there are similarities to album toned coins, but this one, to me, just doesn't look right.
Easy answer, yes I do - about the companies at that point in time. But it must be understood that the world is different place today than it was...
There isn't any. Nor can there be. And I say there can't be because it is impossible to compare the different TPGs to each other because each one...
Enough - from both of you ! Any more of this behavior from either of you, and yeah I mean you John and you Charlie, and infractions will be given....
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