Judging only from the photos, I would be lenient with the obverse, as it looks natural enough to me, although potentially suspect right of Miss...
I think the only way you can be confident that sets are unopened is if they are still in the sealed and postmarked boxes from the mint.
I've handled sealed boxes such as this numerous times, some of them containing as many as 50 proof sets. I don't have any silver sets, but do...
Wow, I'm surprised this thread is still going strong! Maybe I shouldn't be, but I think the "victim" has probably spent more dollars worth of...
Grade the 71-P's and not the 71-D's.
The coins they send to their customers are always very nice, solid coins for the grade, but they are also very common dates, so what they sell is...
1965 Kennedy Half with nice, original toning (nicer colors in person - I'll try to bring out better if time permits) - $15 or trade for one...
Maybe a bigger fridge . . .
I share some of Doug's perspective. While I still enjoy pursuing coins, and owning some of them, I most enjoy learning more about them, but in a...
I expect the auctioneer will be eager to resolve the situation. Please expect however, that the coin you won may have been shipped to yet another...
For the amount of detail remaining, this is a lifeless, cleaned coin.
I sometimes get an adrenaline rush when I find something I thought I'd never see "in the wild", by which I mean, not finding it in the catalogue...
Slap yourself a couple of times, will you . . . You're really sure you didn't just dream about this happening?
Looks like slide marks to me . . . not the same as circulation, and likely why the coin was apparently assigned a value grade.
There are many fake 1901-S quarters. I do not consider myself good enough at authenticating the '01-S quarter, but you can use the diagnostics in...
Yes, all O/C gold is quite rare.
SOLD - 1911 $2.50 Indian AU - $250 delivered [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1926 $2.50 Indian BU - $310 delivered [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1910-D $10 Indian BU -...
I don't like the look of the coin . . . the obverse looks nice to me, but I suspect the reverse has been polished and retoned.
No, not necessarily. There are a large number of toned coins which, while they may not be stunners, are extremely original, and will attract the...
Your statements are not necessarily accurate. While difficult to tell in the old style holder, if any of the design of the coin is missing from...
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