Generally speaking, PCGS standards are absolutely written in a very vague language. There are only a few instances in them, like the 65 criteria,...
You can get it weighed at a jewelry store. They can probably also tell you that it is not gold just by looking at it.
Yeah - it's got the fingerprint of a very special person on it :secret:
I think ya need to work on the white balance, or something, because the color is way off.
This in reply to both - Mark - when you said - "In many, if not most cases, the ANA standards to which you refer are general and ambiguous...
Yes it should be if it were genuine. It is also much too large to be genuine - or that is the smallest 2x2 I've ever seen. A half ducat, which is...
I think if somebody paid moon money for that coin because it was in a slab that said MS69 that NGC would be hard pressed to avoid making the...
Mark I never denied that, in fact I even agreed with it several times in this thread. The question at hand was very specific, you know that. For...
OK - now explain to me how it happens with a medieval coin - which the OP's coin would be if it were genuine. Those I know more than little about....
It's not really common, but it happens from time to time.
Works for me ;) But just in case you haven't, please read our forum rules. That is of course what prompted my question, as your comment could...
Not sure what your question is gerry - care to rephrase ?
Usually, yes. They will buy what they want, pick out the best and submit them for grading, and spend the rejects. What else could they do with...
Well not really. Lots of fakes are found in the ground because when the owner discovers they are fake they often throw them away - like toss them...
I agree, that is as good as it gets. I don't think anyone could ever expect or even want more than that.
How can anybody interpret these comments - "but no major ones" "Light and scattered without major distracting marks in prime focal...
You're right of course Paul. The answer to the question is yes. Brain cramp I guess. I was thinking one way and writing another, just reversed the...
Please do zoom in, it won't be much good otherwise. And all of the areas I have indicated would be helpful in explaining what is going on.
I'll be the first to adnmit that I know nothing about ancient coins. But how in the world do you have a brockage with a hammered coin ? I mean...
Gladly, but let's start another thread on that subject so we can keep this one on track.
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