He really sent it off to NGC without opening the capsule? O... kay. I hope the attention he's gotten is worth more to him than the grading fee.
No problem with either scenario, although in both cases I have some difficulty putting myself in the end-buyer's mindset. Of course, if you offer...
I couldn't agree more with the comic's sentiment, but it does include those words that aren't supposed to appear on Cointalk. A shame, really. :(...
Now there's something we can agree on. Yeesh.
Carvings do make coins ungradeable. To most people, that means "cull", although there are some people who collect engraved coins. A coin like...
[IMG] Oh, man, you didn't have to reload and take aim at the other foot...
"Waahh! Waahh! I popped up out of nowhere, threw a bunch of rocks, and someone threw one back at me! Why won't everyone be nice to me?" First...
OK, who's going to start the first Mint Bag Registry Set? I guess it depends on when NGC and/or PCGS decide to start slabbing them...
First, good on you for going public with this story. I hope it'll help others avoid the same mistake. (Especially now that it's appeared on...
Maybe, but if I wanted a jewelry piece, I'd start with something more common and in better shape. :) My plan is still to submit it (somewhere,...
That's possible, of course, and in fact it was my initial assumption. So far, though, nobody's been able to point to any diagnostic indicating...
It would have to be at least MS65 to exceed even $100 in value. There's no way to tell from this photo whether that's possible, but it seems...
Heh. It's nice to see some more info popping up on this thread. Thanks, guys! I spent a good bit of time searching for "Buffington Thanksgiving"...
Volante's point applies there even more so. EVERYONE gets a large number of free auctions per month. Other than the time it takes to set an...
That's why I'm holding bags of circulated State Quarters. They aren't minting any more! They're bound to go up in value! On a related note, I...
I found one atop a Coinstar a year or two ago, but it's probably been ten years since I last received one in change. I suspect Coinstar is...
I agree with the posters on that thread who are calling it a hoax. It looks like it's simply a matter of viewing angles through the capsule. If...
Don't know how to pull in a photo from the old Forum days, so I'll just link to the thread with the photos:...
Well, it didn't involve certified coins, but there was that show a few years back where I was buying junk silver at 25x from one dealer and...
There's some high-value scamming going around right now on eBay involving hijacked accounts. It doesn't sound like that's what's happening here,...
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