Many dealers offer a return privilege on raw coins, but not on third party graded coins. That is understandable, since the TPGs are taking a lot...
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We've all seen instances where a coin has been undergraded, resubmitted for, and come back the higher grade. Therefore, there are plenty of cases...
I think you should still be able to find a buyer for between $80 & $100.
No grade . . . Fine details, possibly VF details, depending on how charitable the graders are feeling. I think despite the problems, the original...
Really smart . . . complain about knocking off of your product, and then authorize manufacture of your product by those already proven not to be...
That is called a rim burr, which was folded over during the strike.
That coin appears to be a die trial piece. You can confirm that by making sure the piece weighs correctly for a Roosevelt dime (it appears to be...
I cannot tell from your images, but you can be my eyes. Is there an unnatural looking flat area in the recess at the back of the Indian's neck,...
Can you slide the holder out of the sleeve and shoot better images?
Can you post really good photos?
Accelerated oxidation
That's a very tough spot you're in. Unless your grandparents had special coverage for the coin collection, I wouldn't expect the insurance...
Ugly, but looks genuine to me . . . probably lost copper content to long term burial or immersion in a corrosive medium.
What you just described is, by all accounts, the very definition of Value-Grading or Market-Grading. When a coin does not satisfy the...
Agreed . . . the coin looks "Value-Graded" to me.
Dealers only become irrelevant when you can find everything you want, when you want it, for no more than you are willing to pay, and for no more...
As an inexperienced eBayer, and possibly lacking common courtesy as well, he may not realize he should have corresponded with you. I would follow...
Nice to see your persistence pay off.
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