PCGS - it's not a sticker, it's a label inside the slab.
I disagree, for 1 reason - the steps are too well struck. If the die was that worn out the steps wouldn't be there. Monticello is always, always...
Yeah they are magic alright - black magic :eek: The coins look great for a while, but evetually the spell changes, the coins all suddenly tone...
You are mixed up again spock :rolleyes: There is no story about a doubloon. And yes you have already heard the entire story. So has anybody else...
If that coin comes back slabbed - ever - I will have lost all faith in NGC. It is extremely obvious that the coin has been harshly cleaned....
You tell 'em Jack ;) I gave up.
Then tell them the truth, because you cannot do what you claim above, unless the coin is gold. ONLY with gold is that possible.
I agree, post a pic of your coin showing the entire slab, as big as you can. I find it very suspicious for the on-line info not to match.
:eek: Oh now I really hate you ! That does it, I'm calling your wife :D
You're not missing anything, trusting Krause to be accurate is your mistake. If you want to know fairly accurate value estimates for world...
Doesn't matter, it is still post mint damage. Anything that happens to a coin from the moment it leaves the coin press is post mint.
The reality is that it's wear. I can tell that much from your pics. What a TPG would grade it - I cannot.
I'd say high XF, low AU depending on remaining luster. It appears to have some light textile toning, don't think that's any fingerprint. Another...
Well, this was before digital cameras even existed guys. And the gentleman in question now roams that great bourse in the sky. Among certain...
Because a damaged coin is considered ungradeable. And a scratch is considered to be damage. It's all a question of severity really, a matter of...
To be honest I can't recall when they started it. Should be easy enough to ask 'em over on the NGC forum though.
Ben may well be correct as to the source, but without question the coin has suffered post mint damage.
Not likely. Mike may have been correct in his estimate that the coin has seen circulation. But I think a light cleaning the more likely...
Fair warning, if this digresses into political comments, there may be infractions handed out.
It has nothing to do with being softer or harder. Cloth of any kind is abrasive, and it will mark the surface of a coin. The proof of this is...
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