Nothing new about it, but coins struck through grease are quite common and always have been in the modern age. But worn out dies produce coins...
Easy answer to the question - why is this ? Because very few use the same grading standards. Ask these two dealers of yours what grading...
That didn't happen by accident. Somebody was trying to create an error and gave up it looks like.
Certainly possible the one was struck through grease. It's also possible it is just from a later die stage.
Given the amount of dark, heavy gunk left in the recesses and around the legends I'd say there is an excellent chance the coin has been cleaned....
Every now and then somebody runs across one of these. It's a coin where somebody put reeding on the edge of the coin post mint. Now that's...
Yeah it's possible. Just like having a cent struck on a dime planchet is possible. A planchet gets stuck in the hopper and then comes loose when...
Purty coin ! I'd say double book.
Barring the unforseen - I will be there. Just don't know what day yet ;)
Probably the most over-looked reason for someone to use a lower tier TPG is because the people using them have no idea that there even is such a...
The foam itself is what stops the toning of coins, so by removing part of it you are reducing the effectiveness of the product. Not something I...
I posted that for you so that you could see what I had done and hopefully give you ideas for what you can do. But understand, what you see there...
I have, it took 30 days for the check to be issued.
I could be wrong too Conder - just going by memory. They had an article about it on the NGC site at one time but I didn't go look for it.
Not sure why you think my name is Jim - it's Doug. As for the phrase Time For A Change In Our Change - yeah I came up with it too, about 8 years...
1922 High Relief Peace dollars (business strikes) were minted, over 35,000 of them. You can read a bit about them here -...
Yes, as long as you use it in the manner I previously described.
Silver Eagles were first produced in 1986, so they don't meet your criteria. SMS = Special Mint Set In '65, '66 and '67 they did not produce...
Luster is arguably the single most important grading criteria there is. Bad assumption. If a coin has no luster whatsoever you can almost be...
Gobble Gobble !! :D I'm not so sure those are luster breaks Matt. I do think those areas have rough handling marks but I don't see it as being...
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