If it were me, I would just charge an hourly rate + expenses and be done with it.
I'm not saying having the number is a bad thing, it isn't. I'm just saying that sometimes trying to look a coin up by KM number alone is very...
I would say it should be more like AU53. For a coin to be graded AU58 it should only have the slightest traces of wear on the high points. But...
There are no rules for calling a group of coins a hoard. Sometimes even a small group of 30 coins is called a hoard and other times there are a...
Not really, a lot of the time the KM numbers do not run in order in the book. So if all you had was the KM number, you could sometimes search for...
I don't know how you got that out of what I said. It is most definitely not my meaning. As I have said countless times, even a coin that you get...
Actually there was. The publishing of the new ANA standards in '87 and the inception of PCGS and NGC in '86 and '87 was not a coincidence. It was...
Heck of a coin Ruben ! Thanks for posting it.
I hate it when they do that, it just isn't right. But the part that really gets to me, is that people accept it - they allow it to happen. As...
Well that is exactly the problem. Everybody has their own definition.
That depends on who you ask. There has been an argument about what a variety is and what an error is for as long as the words have been used in...
There is a very distinct difference between contact marks and wear Mike. Contact marks never, ever, look like wear. And wear, never,ever, looks...
Bag marks do not stop a coin from being Mint State. A coin can have a gazillion bag marks and still be Mint State. There are only 3 things that...
So when do you consider a coin to have entered the "channels of commerce" ? Is a coin in a bank in the channels of commerce ? To me it most...
For the most part I don't believe moderns will acquire much value in any of our lifetimes. I could turn out to be wrong, but those are my...
There used to be other sites but I believe they are now defunct for the most part. But you can still use this one - http://minterrornews.com/...
When I say older Jim, I am not talking about anything within either of our lifetimes. To me older means the 1800's and back for the most part. But...
Yeah, they would. I transposed the 3 and 1. But your comment brings up a point that seems to imply something that a lot of people get wrong. That...
Fair enough, I was just basing my number on the 1% rule of thumb. And DOH ! I see now that I made a mistake and transposed my number ! I should...
Believe what you want, but I have known too many people that I know and trust who were graders, and they all say the same thing. As for HSN, of...
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