You misunderstand. They didn't miss anything. The reason it is not noted on the slab is because the person who submitted the coin did not pay the...
What do I think ? I don't like it all is what I think. To me that blotchy/patchy Mint Set toning is anything but attractive. To me it takes away...
I would ask what makes you think it could be anything else ? It appears there are raised and incuse parallel lines on both the devices and the...
Yes, the article is positive regarding Blue Ribbon, but only for it's suggested use of preventing the growth of more spots on a coin that already...
All you need to do is read the whole paragraph. A spot results when a concentrated amount of an oxidizing substance is allowed to remain on the...
They're being slabbed by NGC has nothing to do with the NGC price guide. It seems that some people think the NGC price guide is established by...
Yes and no. Burnished is nothing more than a fancy word for polished. And both the Unc planchets and the Proof planchets are polished in this...
Looks like a whiz job gone bad to me.
The thing you are missing is that there is no line between them. Toning IS environmental damage once it gets to that point. Environmental damage...
No way to know, it could be due to anything.
Think of it like this. Is there a difference between a Proof Set in original mint packaging and a Proof Set in a Capital Plastics holder ? Pretty...
Of course you are also assuming that it was somebody who did a bulk submission. If there was some way to actually check, I think you'd find that...
That would be my guess. Might well bite some people where they didn't expect to get bit.
Yeah I know it says that. So what ? What he's talking about doing is putting Blue Ribbon on a coin that is already a problem coin (one with carbon...
The coins in the original GSA holders usually bring a small premium over those not in the original holders, assuming the grade is equal. But...
Strangely enough, there are lots of 2 headed/2tailed coins from foreign countries. Byers has been selling them for many years.
So you bought some of these coins with stickers on them ? It's not advisable to do that, but if you did, what's done is done. But what kind of...
OK - but what does that have to do with the subject at hand ?
Because they thought/hoped it would grade a 70. It is a loss of money, but what choice do they have ? They sure can't sell it for more. There...
Yes there have been genuine US coins with 2 heads or 2 tails, but very few. Read here - http://www.cointalk.com/t14339/ Most of the links found...
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