Good to see you back posting Mike, you are after all one of the "original" (that can be read as earliest) members of Coin Talk. But we need to get...
Lasers can also be used, in fact are used, to deceptively alter coins and remove/repair hairlines, scratches, contact marks so that they be graded...
Quite true. But then you have other books written by authors of equal notoriety than contradict the books you mention. But then that is to be...
Uhhhh, minor correction, that would be the old and unfashionable ANA (otherwise known as Doug) grading system ;) Gorgeous coin ! I like it a lot !
It's pretty simple, and it's been explained many times. And to understand it you merely need to know what the process is. With Proofs, while the...
I think it is true of any language that unless you are a native speaker of a given language that you are going to make mistakes when you use it,...
The biggest problem with terminology is that too many people use or assign their own definitions to words instead of using the actual established...
Yeah but shipwreck coins have the exact same look due to the saltwater damage. Small problem though, the coin has the design of a 1736 Lima 8...
The most common mistake that the average collector makes is they don't know what they think they know.
It won't matter really. The coins will be removed from their original packaging and put into flips before the graders ever see them. So whether...
Regarding the FS, I don't think either coin qualifies.
The problem with trying to use coins as a calibration weight is that their weight does vary. Modern mint tolerances are not as tight as they used...
Yup, sure will. The residue will be gone but the look will still be there.
Either those marks below the collar are a lot worse than the pics show or that must have been a rare day when they graded that one.
OK - they're gone Dick.
Selling is exactly he advice I would give to cure the compulsion to buy, but not because it is just as addicting. But rather because it will show...
I don't participate in many guess the grade threads anymore Paul, I buried the horse. But since you asked, 2 prominent marks right on the jaw...
While I am sure that there are exceptions that can be pointed out, as a general rule from what I have observed the market for them has softened...
It's a road that we've been down before, several times. So far it's always had the same result - eventually people get fed up with it.
In the first 2 seconds I was kind of surprised they only gave it a 63, then I saw the rim damage. Makes me wonder if that coin didn't have...
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