Boy Howdy ! How would it be to get that bored :rolleyes: I feel for ya Chris, I just can't quite reach ya :D
Really hard to say for sure based on those pics but I'd say the 8 escudos is a fake. The 5 marks coin is pretty common and worth a few dollars...
No. When he submitted the coin he thought it would grade 65 or 66 say. When the coin came back it was graded 64. But a 64 is only worth $9 say. So...
I don't think there's much you're going to be able to do to help that coin. Some of the ancient collectors might have some ideas.
Not all of the scractches are on the holder, there are some small ones on the coin as well. But all in all I think the coin is correctly graded....
Yeah it might, or it might not. But one thing is certain, the olive oil would then have to be removed. That means a solvent has to be used and...
Sell it and buy another that you are happy with. It's going to bug you from now on.
35.
Looking at it from an overall perspective I think the pics have gotten consistently better over the years. My opinion of the recent change is no...
The cert is dated - 1986. This one is known as ANACS 7.
Yes, and it is true of any series. There is also a good reason for that. Coins are not commodities and they never can be because no two are the...
Just as an update - there are several posts that have received 4 nominations for the Clinker Award and a few more that have received 3...
In that regard the forum is worse now than it ever was. But that was not always the case. There was a time when you could get honest opinions...
I might agree, until you compare it to an MS example. Then you see the difference that the wear makes from the weak strike. This one is MS64 -...
That is only for PCGS, they require just the center band. NGC requires all 3 bands to be split with no breaks.
What has been explained is pretty much it Dima. They used the screw presses at first, until 1836, that's when they got the first steam press....
Regarding member's behavior, I'd agree. But they absolutely banned people back then. Say a disparaging word about PCGS and you were toast. They...
You do realize that a large number of people believe that the TPGs do not grade coins, they price them. And there is never going to be a time...
Believe it or not, it was even worse back then than it is now. That was even the time period when I wasn't being very nice to PCGS and/or David...
rotfl !!
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