In my opinion, yes, it is. You see, when you are grading a coin it does not matter how or why a contact mark got there. It only matters that the...
Fair enough binxter. That's the problem with the weight of early copper though, it's merely an indicator and not a confirmation. But there are...
It will, if you search Posts instead of Threads.
Actually it goes back to the very first US dollar coin, but your point is quite valid.
Congrats Siggi ! But I have to tell you, it reminds me of another incident. There was a time when I was the very proud owner of a particular...
On the contrary, the exact opposite is true. The stronger the strike, the fewer planchet flaws you will have. Yes, but it is important to...
Sorry, but 19Lyds is correct. Silver, gold, even paper, are nothing but things.And all things, can be used as money and have been, because money...
I agree with the die crack alright, but the reverse of the coin also has PMD.
Actually the opposite is true. The coins of yesteryear had a much tighter tolerance when it came to weight than modern coins do, particularly gold...
That film is likely the coin's undoing though. It might even cause the coin to be considered ungradeable because of altered surfaces or...
This got me thinking as I have never seen the 80 code used before. There are several different codes that PCGS have used on Genuine slabs and they...
When they say "they can't get them anymore" what they are really saying is that they are not allowed, by the bosses, to order them anymore. Any...
Yeah, he did. But did you look at them ? All of the coins from the El Cazador were corroded, but some of them were much, much worse than others....
Then you need to look again because the prices listed on the web site you linked to are very close to the prices listed in post #4 of this thread.
Just yesterday I got an email from a promoter offering them for $175 I think it was - still grossly over-priced. But that doesn't stop people from...
Maybe, but I think it unlikely that a slug could make it into a change machine.
The steps are actually a poor choice for an indication of quality of strike. As a general rule most Jeffs are weakly struck. And if you want to...
Have to agree they are both over-graded.
Blank planchets are not rare, nor are they common, but they are found from time to time. Value can vary slightly but is typically less than $10.
Looks like it to me.
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