It has been my experience to put any credence in the TPG beyond authentication, any TPG, is a mistake. And as long as you buy from a seller you...
Don't make it like this one. Had I caught this soon enough I would have closed it. If you wish to hold a contest involving Likes, then have your...
I would go along with Eduard's grades, but I would give them detail grades only. In other words, I see them all as problem coins - ungradeable.
Too many people get hung up on the slabs, or perhaps I should say which TPG slab it is. Forget the dang slab ! It doesn't matter which TPG slabbed...
But they put off a weird light that makes it hard to see some things. The best type of light to use when examining coins is incandescent.
Volume II.
Nothing special about that assayer.
Worthless, all of them, so inaccurate they are even harmful to collectors. As far as a price guide, the Grey Sheet is the best there is, even...
Over the years there have been a lot of threads on this subject. Here are just a few of them - http://www.cointalk.com/t193554/...
I dunno, there is a lot about that coin that matches up to the genuine details and diagnostics. But there is also a lot about it that does not...
Simple answer, if the coin is not worth $150-$200 then don't bother spending the money to get it slabbed. Of course that presents you with other...
faceglider - Try reading what you find here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41887.pdf To say...
Sure we have the technology. They had the technology to produce, for all intents and purposes, airtight coin holders even 200 years ago. (see...
SPP - the reason I am so skeptical about their slabs being watertight is because nobody else's slabs are watertight. And the reason they are not...
I don't think there's anybody who understands being proud of your collection better than I do. When I was still collecting I was as proud as...
OK, I'll agree. But is that a bad thing ? And if so, why ?
You won't get any argument from me ;)
OK, show me one. You take one of their slabs and submerge it in water overnight, show me pictures. Then show pictures taken the next day. Because...
The point Thad is making is that you adjust your camera setting to display the coin as it looks in hand. And what he means by manipulating the...
Horse puckey - CCCS doesn't even use slabs. They use mylar flips just like ICCS does. http://www.canadiancoincertification.com/index4.php
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