Not really. Yes, when submitting a coin to a TPG you are expecting to get an expert opinion/grade on a coin. As a buyer, you aren't paying a TPG...
That's a good example why we need to learn how to grade. Before buying an expensive coin do your homework and compare it to others that have sold.
As long as the fire is burning it's never complete. Sometimes I'll put a particular set aside for a while because there's a new kid on the block...
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I believe that over time a grader would probably look at the same coin differently and grade it differently as a result. Experience plays a big...
I use the NGC registry as a great way to have an off site inventory of my slabbed (PCGS and NGC) coins. I'll never have a top set since I can't...
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Love the strong clash!
I think I know the answer to the following comments but will throw it out there anyway. Where is the line drawn at the TPGs for who grades the...
I've never tried heroin but back in my day I was a spit ball expert!
Boy has this thread taken a life of it's own after it's recent resurrection! For some reason I hadn't gotten any email notifications about...
But when JA is no longer around will there be a new sticker game in town. Maybe in 100 years there will be slabs with beans, cherries, ... on...
That's why I could never own anything like that. I'm definitely not outstanding in that realm.
We have a winner!
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As long as the penny is an 1877 IHC it will be woth getting banned from CT for life.
No way I'm going to share my dreams. I don't get any respect in them either.
I would buy in that it was attached to something so it may very well have been soldered.
Assuming the deep gash didn't give it a details grade, with the flatness of the high points I'd go 35-40.
AU55?
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