It is not my coin, I saved the photo from about 5 years ago on the TCCS forum. The debate over the originality of the toning on this coin raged...
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To my knowledge, you did not quote a PCGS regulation. I am going to assume that you wrote PCGS when you meant USPS. I get your point, I just...
To the OP, there are plenty of rainbow toned Franklin Half Dollars. Some are from albums, but the majority of the monster toned examples come...
I vehemently disagree. What you call inconsistency, I call subjectivity. Some coins are rather easy to grade and others are not. And I am not...
Why would Hugh Wood have an expectation that you purchase insurance from another source when they have already sold you insurance? The declared...
That does not explain why almost all of the most vividly toned Morgan Dollars are bag toned as opposed to album toners. Furthermore, there are...
Luster is the effect of light caused by the surface of the metal. While I believe that surface variations can have some effect on the growth of a...
The reason for this has been widely debated on coin forums for many years. The two best explanations that I have heard are that the planchets had...
What you call an exception to the rule, I call the subjectivity inherent in grading. How many times have you seen a guess the grade on this forum...
Not only is the sentence in red true, I submit that both grades can be correct. That's right, the same TPG can give the same coin 2 different...
It is worth mentioning that Doug's advice applies to every TPG including PCGS & NGC. Doug grades every coin as if it were raw, and if he does not...
Thank you for the kind words about my Long Island. I think that Larry is very good at grading Jefferson Nickels, but to say that his grading...
I am not sure what you mean by that, there are plenty of MS67 1949-D Jefferson Nickels with a patina, eg: [IMG]
It is a fact that SEGS does not have a comparable reputation in the marketplace to either PCGS or NGC which are considered first tier TPG's....
The book is outstanding and provides you with almost everything you could possibly want to know about Standing Liberty Quarters. I do wish that...
I see no need to avoid slabbed coins. Toys still in the package were meant to be opened right? [IMG]
Don't worry, if anyone collects the Australian Lunar coins, they will quickly restore your ability to appreciate colorized coins. I love the...
Are you sure about that? Have you ever seen and MS67 1949-D Jefferson Nickel?
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