In a bag. The arc seems to match coin size and I can think of nothing else that could cause that.
But the post Speedy is talking about seemed to say that it was true everywhere - not just in NY state. As has been said many times already -...
Always seemed to me that these from this time period were harder to find than those centuries older - Congrats !
Haven't read it yet, but I will.
They leave it in the original holder and grade it. Then they put a band around the original holder with the grade printed on the band.
Either upload the pics using the forum software or post a link to the pics on Photobucket or a site like that.
Disagree. Milk spots are caused by some process or the other at the mint and rarely are there more than a few on a coin. This looks to be more...
Best guess I can offer is AU.
Yup ;) They are often given a completely unjustified grade bump just because they were GSA coins.
While I know there are those who make that claim I don't believe it for a second. In my opinion the reason is the same as it is for coins with a...
63 in my opinion.
No thanks.
Chris - I use IE 7 and I don't have any of the problems that you do. All of the threads fit my screen and I don't have to scroll sideways for...
It doesn't matter what you grade a coin. And it doesn't matter what the NGC or PCGS slab (or any other slab) says either. The reason it doesn't...
You can read a bit more about ducats here - http://www.winsociety.org/newsletter/ducats/ducats.html
Nor is it listed in the book put out by the Netherlands mint. I don't have all my books with me here in FL yet but in all my years of studying...
It appears that the problem only affects direct uploading of your pics to CT from your computer. I can't do it either. But - you can still post...
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