Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Quality of an optical lens is usually based on the clarity of the image and whether or not the entire lens has the...
Buying an ICG coin is no different than buying a coin in any slab - you forget what the slab says and buy the coin based on its own merits or lack...
I guess it would depend on what the issues and excuses were as to whether or not that is a reason to not trust them. I'm not saying that you...
If it was real, maybe. But no serious collector would buy it even at melt.
I don't know about anybody else but I can't even see the coin in your pictures. I can barely make out the 13 on the one though and it would...
You would think so, but from what I am told even the TPG grading sets consist of 1 coin in each grade. That's no better than using a single...
Well I follow ANA standards pretty strictly, and I've yet to run across anybody, dealer or collector, who's as tough on grading as I am. Now no...
One other thing, you might want to take a look at what the TPGs call F 12. NGC F 12 PCGS F 12 Given this, I rather think that if the OP's...
Lemme save ya a little trouble, the standards have remained identical, except for those two and only in two grades for each, since the 3rd edition...
Yeah I considered that too Matt. But the coin, even the rev, meets the criteria for an ANA F12. And the obverse, which is the more important side,...
:loud: Aaackk ! :bigeyes: Now here is something truly worth marking on the calendar - Mike grading a coin lower than I do !!
Ahhhh - I wondered if that might be it. Yes, the standards for these individual coins, in these particular grades, and only those, were changed in...
There are multiple problems with photos. First of all, I think everyone here will agree that photos do not always show what is there. A slight...
Ya know Mike, it's always possible that NGC blew it :whistle: :D
My guess - it wasn't. When they get that worn most of the dirt is worn away because the coin is so smooth. All you will usually see is around the...
F 12, it would go 15 if not for the reverse.
As always, your writing is a pleasant read Charmy - good job :thumb:
That's what I figured. No they are not. But there are those grade the CC's more loosely/leniently because they are CC's. I'd grade both...
100% correct ! 100% incorrect ! You need both. Actually you need ALL the grading guides ! You really do Mike ;) And if you can find a...
Alright you two - that will be enough. It stops here and now.
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