Yeah, but all of those coins have been out of those bags for 40 years or more now. And during that 40 years it's a certainty that they have toned...
I think they are as loose or worse they were. Over the years it's proven to be a progressive standard, getting more and more loose as the years...
I told ya where to go to see all you could ever want to see. If you want to learn, ya gonna learn more by looking at 1 or 2 pics I give ya links...
You can't compare MS65-66 to MS62-63 - can't be done. But if you want to look at pictures go to Heritage and look at completed auctions,...
'Course not, last thing in the world I'd ever want. My comments are supposed to make you think, and say wait a minute, maybe I should at least...
Honestly, I suspect you are overly optimistic on your grades. No, they are definitely not. You'll be hard pressed to find 67s. And a large part,...
toronto - Do you have any understanding or knowledge of the history of the TPGs ? Do you have any idea how many times they have changed their...
Huh ? The TPGs, and CAC, each get paid the same flat fee no matter what the coin grades. The TPGs grade the way they do because of their grading...
For the same reason as I explained in another thread yesterday - because if you look closely you can tell the difference between a weak strike and...
They're actually 23 1/2 karat, both common dates, worth melt.
No, they are not, because it is impossible for die polish lines to criss-cross. What you are seeing in that area is a combination of die polish...
For Proofs and modern commems - yeah, probably so. For business strikes, I highly doubt it.
I think they said - 1 62, 2 - 63 I think they are both AU.
Oh it might matter with some of the more scarce date/mint combinations where only a few are known. But other than that, it won't even cause a ripple.
Back then they were accurate at grading many coins. But the more modern the coin and the higher the grade, the more they should be looked at with...
There have been many, many, threads where I have explained how dies were polished. Short and sweet the result is what I said above. Partially....
The fact that die polish lines are always basically straight, parallel to each other, and cannot criss-cross. And there are many harshly cleaned...
There are no die polish lines on that coin - die scratches, yes there are a couple. The rest is the result of harsh cleaning. A Proof ? I don't...
He just told us that PCGS did grade them, 1 upgraded to a + and the other crossed at same grade.
I think he might of posted it as an example of the circ coins I mentioned. I ask that because many circ coins can be and are found toned almost...
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