I saw all the marks you are talking about but I can't see them well enough to tell what they are.
You really need to talk to Peter about that. Send a PM to Peter T Davis, he is the site owner.
I don't think it's the number of members, they have 30,000 we have 24,0000. And it was much the same there when they had under 20,000. It's...
I think you misunderstand how NGC grades. In regard to eye appeal NGC grades exactly the same way that PCGS does. NGC will also bump a coin a full...
Then you better read it again because regardless of what the thread title is my responses deal ONLY with the value.
I don't see anything that makes me think fake but the pics are not the best either. But if the depressions you see have a different color than the...
1889-O - The coin has AU details but looks like it has been polished. Pretty sure it would be tagged as damaged as well because of the scratches...
So why are all these people supposedly being banned ? Just for mentioning how they are going to handle counterfeits ? Sorry, but there's got to...
The correct, and direct, answer is somtimes, but of course PCGS fans never want to hear that answer. Nor do they ever seem to want to hear "why"...
Don't know where you ever got such an idea, but it is definitely not true - either one.
Yes it might be silver, but I suspect it is not the correct fineness of silver. And pirates would never melt coins down and cast them (you hav any...
Seems to me that the article posted is merely PCGS explaining how they grade and the impact that the various criteria of grading has on the final...
Since the counterfieters are making fake slabs with real serial numbers I would think that combating the counterfieters was one of the primary...
It's good to see ya Mike - been a while :hail:
Cheetah there is more wrong with the coin than that. First of all the Royals were very carefully prepared, every single one. The planchets were...
I have no doubt at all that it is a cast fake.
It appears to be a cast fake and really bad one at that.
Details - color is merely a bi-product of environmental conditions, and/or an indicator of past cleaning.
You don't need to live near the ANA to use their library, you just need to be a member. They will mail the books to you. But which book exactly...
Yes, they can be valuable sometimes. But a great deal depends on what the individual coin is. As a general rule however, even in Gem condition the...
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