It's not black, merely dark grey. It's what I and many others would call gun-metal grey. That's what older silver coins are supposed to look like...
When I was buying coins here is what I would always do - first of all I'd check all of the dealers' that I normally used. If none of them had the...
Yup, you're absolutely right Thad. There's millions of dipped coins in slabs. But how many over-dipped coins do you know of that are in slabs ?...
The only point I am trying to prove is that Numismedia prices are not very accurate. Using a few of your examples - 1938 D/S Buffalo...
I think a lot of people have problems with the TPGs because they don't understand how the system works. They don't read the instructions carefully...
Well I specialized in world gold for quite a few years, so if I can be of any help - all ya have to do is ask ;)
First of all, NGC does not have their own price guide. What you find if you go look is this - NumisMedia is the industry's most accurate,...
Race I agree with you that there are many educated buyers on ebay. But the only way you can ever use realized prices from any venue is to add them...
I agree, and obviously NGC did too.
OK here's the deal. When you use Jewel Luster you dip the coin for about 1 second max. Any longer than that and you will strip away any and all...
There is little that could be farther from the truth than what you just said. Now I am not saying this to try and convince you personally of...
The NGC and PCGS price guides are completely worthless and should never be used when trying to establish the value of any coin. As for realized...
10 seconds in Jewel Luster would ruin any unc coin and completely remove any luster the coin had. Soap ? Soap is a no-no on any coin.
What book you get has a lot to do with the age of the coins. Krause for example only goes back to 1600 I think it is. Whereas Friedberg goes back...
I didn't see anything because I never went to look. My point is this - you are quoting the pops for MS70 coins. But the pops for MS70 coins has...
There is no doubt that you can sometimes find Gems in any slab. But the reality is that you are not going to do it very often.
Go check the pops on on the 2008 PF70 and see what ya get ? I expect you'll find a higher precentage for the Proofs than you did for the Uncs.
If there were, I never heard of them.
The only graders you will ever see at a show are NGC, PCGS, ANACS & ICG. Now that said you can still sometimes find coins graded by the other...
Yup, you're cursed ! If that coin's MS - I'm the King of Spain.
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