If it was just my opinion, that would be one thing. But it isn't. For it is also the opinion of many, many collectors who have been in this hobby...
It depends on the dates. In the early years, prior to 1950, Proofs were not manufactured and sold as sets but rather individual coins. And after...
Small problem with that. I'd never accept 65 money for a coin I thought was a 58 ;)
As I already explained, they will need to do it for the same reason the standards were tightened last time - because the buyers will demand it....
I wondered about that. I noticed both large and small dealers who were already gone by noon and plenty of others packing up. The Sunday issue of...
Charmy - I haven't been to a big show since the ANA in Phoenix, that was what '08 I think ? Anyway, I was very surprised that so many tables were...
64 - the neck does not allow me to grade it higher.
Regarding the glass - 95% of all grading is done with the naked eye. And when grading nothing stronger than 5x is used. Stronger magnification is...
You might find some bidders willing to bid them up Darryl but I wouldn't hold my breath on it. Then again there's people buying obvious fakes for...
Kelli I'd say the coin actually has VF 35 details, but it's been around the block a few times. It also looks to have been harshly cleaned. In...
In my opinion, virtually none. Only if the coins were slabbed and graded 66 or up would there be any premium for that toning. And then very little.
The two grades are the same. Unfortunately there are too many uneducated people out there who think that PCGS is tougher on grading when in...
Rather than spending money on coins spend it on books. There is literally a mountain to learn before you should even think about spending money on...
In a nutshell yes. Coins graded 65 and under do not require a full strike.
OK - so just how is it that inconsistency leads to gradeflation ? Are you proposing the idea that because when the TPGs made a mistake and...
Paul I'll tell ya what, after this post I'm done arguing with you about it. You are going to believe what you want to believe no matter what...
No Paul, it's not a lie. But I did leave a word out in the first sentence - almost. Not at all. Never, ever, have I said that every coin they...
jeff - what you're talking about is a trade, and yes dealers do it all the time. But not all dealers. So the best way to approach it is to ask the...
Very few of the Proof coins from 1970 are going to have the cameo to begin with. But if it is a Proof it should be readily apparent just by...
All ya gotta do is look it up in the grading books. I've posted the direct quotes from the books numerous times.
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