The standards at PCGS and NGC have been fairly consistent throughout their entire existence. There was no "flood of inexperienced graders" - and...
Gradeflation is real. Anyone who doubts it hasn't been paying attention. Just ask the old-timers.
Treat anything graded by SEGS as raw. Sure, Larry Briggs is knowledgeable on Seated material, but his grading is.... less so.
I think you need a photo-editing software suite which has a circle crop feature..... For example, in photoshop, this task takes approximately 7...
I don't see anything.
I've seen ICG at our local club show a couple of times, but not consistently (The show is about 60 tables, twice a year). I'm guessing that Randy...
You don't need to pre-sort or have any list memorized. You just need to know what an RPM or DDO/R looks like. Once you've identified that the coin...
For the 1997D, the obverse looks PL but the reverse doesn't look like it makes it. The 99D looks close, but I'm guessing the mirrors just aren't...
I'm not familiar with that term. What does it mean?
I'd say you paid a fair price. You didn't get a deal, and you didn't get a dud.
Yes.
8000 threads of LOOK WHAT RARE ERROR I FOUND IN THE BULK LOT incoming! Haha! Just teasing you coinman1234 ;)
I am still amazed that a DDO of that magnitude escaped detection for this long. Congrats on the find!
I think the odds are very good. However, I think your eyeballs will fall out of your head before you finish searching them all. That is not a task...
I like it at 63. It looks attractive, if a bit dark.
UNC details, artificially toned.
The pictures look really weird due to your lighting and photography technique. I'll guess the coin is EF.
Dang that's nice.
I like this one at 66RD. Too much going on with the cheek for a higher grade, and the mark at the bottom of the reverse definitely keeps it out of 67.
Oh man, I need that number for my set!
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