Gotta admit, that last pic shows the coin is not as weakly struck as I thought based on the first pic. Find it hard to believe they gave a it a 68...
About all I can tell you is that it appears to be a Spanish 4 reales. The pics are too blurry to make out any details or tell if it might be a...
Hmmmmm - where's my stick ! The floggings shall commence shortly ! :D
I would estimate that 80% or more of all the older coins in NGC and PCGS holders have been dipped at least once in the life of the coin. The...
Glad to hear it Eduard.
Grading is subjective, there is no question of that.
Kanga I have to agree with Mike. Having read what you have written here in the past I would say that you could definitely do it. I would say the...
Only if it is considered to be adding to the eye appeal. Otherwise, no.
I don't know where you buy them, but you need to look elsewhere. Cent sized Air-Tites can be purchased at about 4 for a dollar.
Let's put it this way - it wasn't a steal.
Looks to me like a coin that spent a lot of time in the ground and was cleaned with a wire brush. An ordinary wire brush, like a painter would...
I never had any problems with similar packaging. They used the same kind of thing back '94, '97, '01 and I belive all of the Coin & Currency sets...
Dru there are exceptions to any rule, but using an exception does not mean that the rule is not true. Sure, there are ancients like the one you...
It's a huge metropolis by the name of Costello.
Yes, and no, to all of your questions. The one thing I would add is that not all collections are famous and most have never even been heard of...
I watched a guy once :whistle: Some people have a knack for learning how to grade and some do not. So it comes it easier for some than others...
Well the first thing is to always remember that when you see that darkness around all of the legends and devices in protected areas and the rest...
It is that simple Dru, popularity is everything. I will agree that if a coin is popular and rare then the price goes up even more. So yes, rarity...
Personally I find the coin to be quite ugly because of white splotches, but that's chocolate & vanilla. I think the coin is bit weakly struck for...
Before someone says something that this type of post is not permitted - give-aways are permitted. Thanks Bill for your generosity :thumb:
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