Unfortunately it is not a question of whether or not the coin is beautiful or not. It is the term itself and how it has come to be used by those...
Something you need to understand about this forum it seems - we have rules that forbid any posts that contain offers to buy, sell, or trade. Any...
It's not that mahogany doesn't put off any gases, it just puts off less gas than other woods. So if one is bound and determined to use wood,...
In this day and age, think of it this way. If a coin is described as BU, it typically means you don't want it.
You would be much better off just selling the set you have as is and buying another set that you are happy with. It's not like these sets are hard...
It's a privy mark. With many world coins the privy marks carry as much significance as a mint mark does.
Here's one I used to have -
Matt - I'm coming but it's going to be Saturday during the day only. While I'd love to join you guys for dinner I plan on leaving so I can get...
Somehow I missed this post - Anyway, start here - http://www.cointalk.com/t14112/ - for web sites. As for books, there are literally a ton of...
AU details but it looks to have suffered a harsh cleaning at some point in the past. As to how I arrive at that - it's pretty easy to see the...
The coins are fairly common, and in lower grades never amounted to much value wise. With silver so high today melt is probably as good as you...
They take dealer sales as proof of value too Gary, but it really doesn't prove anything. Think for a minute - you ever go looking for a a...
You had the green light when I agreed, go for it.
clad - if you had the packaging chemically analyzed you'd find there is no PVC in it. The sets were packaged in pliofilm and pliofilm is rubber...
The price difference has nothing to do with the grades; it is because the 55 coin is a different variety.
Neither one based on what I can see in the pics. You see, what you have to realize is that with that coin, if it were not for the splotchy black...
Depends on what you're trying to do. In this case, cracking it out is the better option. At times, I would agree.
Yeah, I know. Either way, 1 coin isn't going to prove anything. The thing that proves it are all of the changes in grading practices added together.
Yeah but they graded it that 5 or so years ago Paul. The rules were different then ;)
That depends. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. You cannot say that just because it didn't affect the grade much on coin A that it will...
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