They probably won't be able to do that, if you mean by share it here, post it here. Most all of the material you mention is copyrighted and our...
I have no axe to grind Dave, I don't even collect coins and have not for 8 years now. My concern is and always has been for other collectors to...
It doesn't have anything to do with my ego Dave, my ego doesn't need any help. What it has to do with is that when I started seeing coin after...
There are no threads deleted. Even the ones removed for breaking the rules, they are still there. But you guys can't access them. Any thread or...
What exactly does that question mean to you ?
And now tell us why you don't think the same thing of the 2nd edition PCGS book Tom.
Ehhh, not necessarily. I've seen more than a few where I thought one problem was more significant than another and yet the slab was labeled with...
Pretty much. In simple terms it means that the coin was carved, with tools, to make the design appear to have suffered less from wear. In other...
Doesn't make me wrong either. Does it ? I mean you claim the grades assigned by the TPGs rules the hobby ? But does it really ? What happens...
Nope, never even heard of it.
Stepping into a mine field while blindfolded there buddy.
It's a question that has come up many times. Simple answer, as long as you are reasonably close it doesn't matter. But if you send in a coin and...
Ya think ? What you are suggesting has been done before, and done both ways. All one need to do is look at the 1804 dollar. Not a one of them was...
Not established standards Dave, current standards. Or if you prefer, standards that are currently being accepted because that is what the TPG says...
Yeah, it has happened throughout history time and time again. Any time the King, Queen, whatever, decided they needed more money in the treasury...
West, read my post in this thread - http://www.cointalk.com/threads/grading-kennedys-for-grade-and-or-cameo.246264/ That applies to what you are...
But that is only in the highest grades. Once you get to 67 that all changes. And there are other criteria involved besides contact marks. Coins...
West - to answer your question, it is not uncommon to find minor flaws such as this coin has. If you expect perfection on every coin then you need...
But yoda, both of those coins you posted are cameo, I suspect both are even deep cameo. Do they look different ? Yeah sure, but that's because of...
The coin might have been tooled too. It is not uncommon for a given problem coin to have more than 1 kind of problem. But typically, the TPGs only...
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