I'm not certain of anything. I can only comment on what I see which is what I have done. The thing is, what I see definitely makes me suspsicious....
Never heard of them- not that that means anything as I'm sure there are plenty of European sellers I've never heard of. Do they have a return...
Never expected the RICO apsect to fly anyway. But I am surprised the other aspects were dismissed. Was it because the judge deemed them not be...
But they are NOT up there with NGC and PCGS, at least the new ANACS certainly isn't. No, they are not as bad as SGS, but they (ANACS) are no...
This one bothers me somewhat as the design is different than others of the same type. If I may ask - where are you buying these ?
As I have mentioned numerous times in the past, many European sellers see no problem with a coin that has been harshly cleaned so it is often not...
The concept goes back to the basics of coin grading. That being that one of the first things judged to establish a coin's grade is planchet...
I don't think so, that's part of the design anyway and would be there if the die had been lapped or not. The way I took his comment was that...
Very true. Said another way - ignore the name on the slab and judge the coin on its own merits or the lack of them. However - when you do this...
When something is "lapped" all that means is that it is polished or ground down. Bumps or grains on the coin can only result if there is...
Way too many people make mistakes like this. What's the mistake ? The mistake is forgetting how to grade a coin. What I mean by that is this....
Agreed. The coin also looks to have been harshly cleaned at some point.
Why would they not ? NGC and PCGS would both fall over themselves for the chance to slab a coin like this and they have stated for the record that...
Fine details, harshly cleaned & scratched.
My opinion it's a cast fake.
It works fine if you click on the enlarge button.
Here is the coin found by officer Toven, the Capitol policeman. There is at least 1 other example that has been seen at coin shows over the years,...
Yes temperature and humidity play a huge part in toning !
Regarding the links - just because a TPG grades a coin as MS doesn't mean the coin IS MS or that there is no wear on the coin. That much is a...
I don't dispute for one second that the colors on the pieces are 100% natural. That was not my intent. Never once on any forum, in all the years I...
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