Never could understand how or why anybody would be or could be foolish enough to buy a pig in a poke :confused: Guy on a corner standing next to...
You've described the problem perfectly, the problem being that just because the TPGs change their grading standards that people should accept it....
AU details, rim damage.
Gold CAC stickers are different. A gold sticker says that CAC thinks the coin is definitely under-graded and worthy of the next higher grade....
Personally I have my browser set to allow some cookies and not allow others, based on type. In today's world you pretty much have to allow some...
Coin collectors in total only make up a very small, even tiny, percentage of the general population. So of course only a tiny percentage of...
That's the problem I see with the CAC concept - way too many people think that is what CAC is doing. But it isn't. The CAC concept is based on...
I'm not really sure what your question actually is. Do they make organizers for slabbed coins ? Sure they do, they range from slab boxes, which is...
Closest thing to what you are talking about is the Grey Sheet Rusty. But experienced collectors and dealers alike know that a given coin can...
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That's how you define a coin dealer, others do not.
Yes, I once ordered a coin and it didn't show up. I filed a claim after waiting the required 30 days and jumped through all of the hoops that a...
There are only two times when you will ever see any coin that has no toning whatsoever. Those are coins that just came off the press literally...
The point should be obvious and it is the same point for coming up with the idea of the non-physical versions. That being, for them to remove your...
There is no definitive answer to your question Rusty because everybody you ask that question to is going to have a different definition of "fair"....
Don't ya hate it when that happens :D I don't, because it means you might actually be listening ;)
That was actually done, in fact that was how it all started back in the 1970's. The ANA started its own grading company - ANACS. But it was...
superc - You said above - "Both grading services advertise they use ANA standards," - but that is not true. NGC and PCGS both have entirely...
Toning and tarnishing are exactly the same thing. Think of toning as a euphemism. And all metals tone/tarnish, just some faster and more easily...
Honestly, your reaction is common among those who have no, or very limited, experience with respected auction houses. The respect and trust they,...
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