So my follow-up question for anyone who wants to chime in is how much of a penalty or deduction do the spots give the coin? So if it would be an...
Your response makes sense and may explain why the coin seems a bit discounted. So the warning about dipped coins showing defects years later has...
I saw this gorgeous 1923 Peace dollar graded MS65 in an NGC slab on eBay and I searched for an answer as to how or if the milk spots on the...
Here's a possibility as to why the Treasury did not want to prosecute New York City coin dealers. At the time, the general public was fearful of...
In my view, the only thing the note is clear about is that the Treasury does not want to pick a fight with New York City coin dealers. Why? We can...
Maybe I am naive by thinking the Treasury was being benevolent to coin dealers. This memo was written during World War II, when government...
I can imagine what went down that led to this memo. The Secret Service perhaps got a tip that dealers were making money off of gold coins in New...
I've come full circle with the memo. At first I was dismissive ("it's just a government memo, folks"), then I was impressed as I read into it...
The memo mentions that the Treasury has consulted with expert numismatists. It doesn't say whom or where - surely experts may have differing...
*puts on a helmet and other protective gear and expects to be chewed out* I think you may have misinterpreted the Treasury memo (though upon a...
As my understanding has grown of the gold confiscation (little by little), I realize that, contrary to how it's been presented on Youtube and...
I don't think I was clear enough when I wrote we must distinguish between the literal interpretation of laws and their practical (or intended)...
[Disclaimer: This is not a political discussion. This is a discussion about the separation of powers.] I wonder if these are conclusions perhaps...
Yes, I have noticed there has always been an AU58 tilt in this forum, given that many can look better than MS61 and MS62s. So it's been mentioned...
Hey, you are picking on my magic number: MS62! I go for MS62 as a safe bet against the supposedly awful gradeflation among TPGs, but I have to...
TL;DR: The Supreme Court screwed us in 1935. Apparently a post of mine was lost because I was not logged in, but I found this part from Perry v....
OK, I gave it a quick acetone wash - I just dip each side for a few minutes in pure acetone, and I let it dry. This will be going in my tube. It...
OK, actually, I probed ChatGPT further and based on its logic and the grading principles (as articulated) of major graders, the AI program...
Regarding SLQs, the majority have been cleaned at some point. So it's not uncommon to detect minor hairlines on these coins that are straight...
Yes, I'm guessing that, though technically any pitting (no matter how small) merits a details grade, in practice if a pit is so small that it...
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