md they razzed me about it so much that I just beat 'em all to the punch. Ya see, when the Big Guy said - Let there be light ! - I threw the...
The frost is a tad weak IMO. The mirrors are good but could be better, they have some of what I call speckles that are common on Proofs of that...
Sorry silver, but Ruben's no kid. He's older than some rocks I know of :D
Morgandude - I believe there's a couple of reasons for some for some of the responses. 1- some folks just disagree with you. No real biggie...
I think $1000 is a bit steep myself. And no, a PCGS slab does not always bring more money. The thing that brings more money is the coin, not the...
Sure it is, and it's quite simple. The difference between cleaning and harsh/improper cleaning is that cleaning does no harm to the coin, and...
Not saying that at all Rich, far from it. I said all of the countries would have to agree. That in no way implies a One World Order controlled by...
The spots hold the grade down.
Rusty, the ANA invented market grading. The ANA grading standards ARE market grading. The TPGs merely copied the ANA regarding that.
Enough ! I don't want to hear another word similar to what has been going on. In any thread ! And if I do, you'll regret it.
The one I pictured was from the US, but yeah they used them in Europe too.
Small problem with that, you don't know that it will be valuable 50-100 years from now, regardless of what it is. All you do is guess and hope....
That depends on what you want to do with the loupe. For general perusal and for grading, you want one of these - Baush & Lomb 5x packette. They...
It's a type of tab toning. They used to make a cardboard coin holder (see below), sometimes for single coins, sometimes for sets. They came in...
It's pretty easy to understand how it can be - the TPGs loosened up their grading standards. But most people refuse to believe that such a thing...
I'm not saying the TPGs do follow the ANA book Rusty. Read what I said previously - Do you not understand what that means ? If you don't, let me...
Recently ? You would really use the word recently ? What you're talking about took place in 1990 !
Not really Mike because the TPGs claim that they do not net grade. A net grade equals an average grade of the coin when the obv and rev grade...
Yes I knew what you meant, but I was not being sarcastic. You see, a gold coin or a silver coin, or gold/silver backed paper notes, are no more...
Ahhhh - they did the same thing I did - gave you the Spink catalog number, not the date. Only when I typed I meant to type 1744 and instead hit...
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