PCGS looks better to me. For current holders, the plastic is optically better and I don't like the NGC prongs. The only time the NGC holders may...
This is one really exciting find, even if you don't collect gold at all. A big deal was made about the 5th 1913 Liberty nickel being found, but...
Polished, plated, and polished. Numismatically damaged, but still worth face value.
I've never seen dip (by which I mean the thiourea-based toning removers) affect black crust. If you want to experiment, get a toothpick and put a...
The black stuff could be goo, crust, or staining. If goo or crust, it might be able to be removed with solvents and/or careful application of a...
It looks like what you have is die deterioration doubling, also called die fatigue doubling. As the die (not the coin) wears, parts of the...
Not a bad design. A rendering of the "ice caves" would have been cool, but the kayak would have been out of place.
Demand for (and premiums on) die break VAMs are typically for the later die stages where chunks of die are missing. Some people might be...
Gobrecht dollar in PR04.
58. Look at the high points of the eagle's left wing near the A in America, and the left leg on the obverse.
I was thinking VF30-35, but it has issues. Looks the the obverse rim was hit with an eraser at 6:00.
Seriously, though, if you want to see how good you are at picking the cream of the crop without sending any for grading, go through a bunch of...
Short answer: no. Long answer: ummm..... no.
For NGC, S$1 means silver dollar, as opposed to T$1 for trade dollar or G$1 for gold dollar. As far as I know, it's used on everything of that...
Very nice coin. I'm at VF30. As with @kaparthy, first impression was VF, and the inner wing detail is really nice. I found this XF in...
Dave Wnuck often has some of these.
The coin is the coin, or in this case, the planchet is the planchet. TPG holders use numeric grades to indicate state of preservation of...
Likely. This happened several years ago to PCGS's discussion board members. E-mail addresses that were publicly available on profile pages were...
I think more important than a precise label is precise instructions as to how to sell various groups of coins in your collection.
It seems to be the design of a William I penny (1066-87).
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