OK - here's a test for ya. And this should show you all several different things that I constantly repeat here on the forum. I will post pics...
The Morgan - low AU with an old polishing The Walker - can't really see it well enough to tell if there is wear or not. It could be AU, could...
No. But the Karause catalog list pretty much every coin there is issued by every country going back to 1600.
All government employees are paid based on a predetermined schedule established by law. And that schedule is much less than what is paid in the...
There are some few examples known of '65 & '66 90% silver halfs, and 90% silver quarters. But they are few and far between and considered to be...
Sure they can, and have already. The mint stopped producing half dollars for circulation after 2001.
Those that do - aint tellin ;)
Well, before anyone can understand the difference in prices between grades, they first have to understand the difference in prices within a single...
The first is probably Austrian, but issued by a nobleman or bishop instead of the king. The second I believe is from Charles V, Netherlands as...
Oh I don't dispute that. But what sets the new ANACS apart is the degree to which their standards changed. Coins pretty much across the board...
Alert the media ! I agree with PCGS :eek:
If that is a planchet flaw just below the jaw line then I'd say 64, and I'm going to assume they said it was. If it isn't - 62.
Lacking in eye appeal but what hits there are, are very well hidden !
You said yourself there was something there :yes: But the TPGs say what they say :rolleyes:
Yes they do happen every so often, but the coin in this thread is not one of them. It is merely an ordinary corroded quarter.
Horse puckey ! That coin being in that condition is no more due to a weak strike than I am Santa Claus ! You don't get a worn flat rim from a...
Oh no ya don't ! I've managed to stay behind the scenes in politics my whole life - and it's gonna stay that way !
SMS coins from 65-67 are designated as Cameo and Deep Cameo - not PL or DMPL. However, SMS coins from 2005 on (those in the satin finish mint sets...
I agree that Moy is not the person for the job. But there's more to it than that. Mint Dircetors are political appointees, they aren't chosen for...
Problem is they both have completely different sets of grading standards. My point is that there is no single standard - period. And that is...
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