Don't take this the wrong way, but it kind of sounds like you want everybody else to do your work for you. Everything you need done, you can do...
I always reported profits and losses on coins every year. Never had any problem with it. Of course I always got and kept a receipt for every coin...
Well I know what ya mean about excuses. That's how I feel when PCGS says that a coin with light wear can be graded as high as MS67. Or when PCGS...
When it comes to quality of strike the TPGs are far more forgiving than the ANA grading standards are. But even the ANA grading standards make...
I don't know that there is a line drawn. I am merely presenting my thoughts on the subject. But you can go quite a ways back from working dies....
For a cent to get the designation Red, 95% or more of the coin has to be original mint red. And original mint red is a specific color, not just...
I understand your point Chris, but even a doubled die is still a flaw. Why ? Because the master die and the working hub was not doubled, only the...
I'm done talking Paul, it's always a wasted effort.
While I understand your reasoning for that comment, I disagree. here's why. Your reasoning is that because the doubling is on the die that it...
Whether you realize it or not Paul these coins are so common that they most often treated as nothing more than hunks of bullion. So yes, it is not...
Mark - the US stopped using files to adjust the weight of planchets and coins around the same time that the steam powered press was introduced -...
I understood what you meant, but my point is this. If the marks were on the die then all of the marks on the coins would have to be raised - and...
That's a good question, and one that I have not considered before. But I would think that yes it should have a negative impact on the grade...
What happened when they changed (loosened) the first time ? I don't know why they changed, but I certainly believe they did indeed change.
They can't be die striations because the marks are incuse, at least those on the original coin are. But I'm beginning to wonder if these marks...
A couple of reasons on the cents - because unless you are very, very good at grading yourself, and you are certain that the coins will grade at...
If you haven't already, read the article about Morgans. Quite a bit of interesting info that not everybody realizes or is aware of -...
Well here's your chance to "get in early" Owle. It is, and long has been, my contention that the TPGs again changed (read that as loosened) their...
The offer was made. And no, that isn't exactly what you said. And the following post even had a price. And then someone else spoke up. The...
What do you expect me to be able to do Paul - cite books, magazine articles, numismatic monographs etc by page number and author ? Sorry, but I...
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