Very true. When PCGS started they said they would not slab cleaned coins, not even just dipped ones. And they would never ever put problem coins...
Looks like there might be a die crack through the ear in the hair, and the date and mint show strong Mechanical Doubling Damage.
Mostly what I am seeing is die deterioration doubling , but there might be a chance of some distorted hub doubling on TRUST.
NGC 4 slab, with a pristine hologram! Don't let anything happen to the hologram, those things are getting hard to find where the hologram hasn't...
I've covered this before. The mint was not "dumb", they wanted to get rid of silver completely and if they had their way there wouldn't have...
Never heard of it. I don't understand what is going on. What is this event? How are the items selected? Where does the money go?
Sure it's allowed. It is being sold as a raw coin with no mention of a numerical grade in the title or description. The fact he has an NGC...
No I don't think so. It's a Maris 24-P but it just doesn't look right to me.
I'm not seeing it.
It's normal. it often appears where the soft plastic of the insert touches the hard plastic shell. it is either from the surface of the plastic...
Or 1/20th the number of bullion ASE's produced last year.
61 tons is just a drop in the bucket compared to the silver market. 61 tons is about 1.8 million oz or about .2% of annual consumption....
Counterstamps typically only increase a coins value if the stamp can be attributed to a specific person, business, or government. Anonymous...
I'd say the weight is within range, Thickness is meaningless on a struck coin Thickness measured where? And thickness of the struck coin is a...
Second one is 1805 S-268, third one is 1807 S-276. First one looks like Type II hair Large 8, I'm thinking S-165. And the last one I thinking...
I'd say it is NOT Franklin Mint (No mintmark). Most 2 oz rounds that I have seen have come from Silvertowne. The Boxy COPY label is similar to...
A wouldn't be surprised if the guarantee did not apply for the same reason it doesn't apply with NGC. PCGS has not had a chance to examine the...
None are from the Holmes collection. I believe these are from the Sheldon and Naftzger collections
It doesn't appear to me that it is open to public voting.
They are interesting, I've seen them before. I think Schlag did about 100 of them.
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