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I think when you get that coin in hand you will change your mind. There isn't anything NCS can do for that coin. When you examine it closely I...
I did, you just didn't know me then.
Not necessarily Mike, not all type 1's are blobs. The blobs are those that I posted below, but there are type 1 mint marks that are merely a...
My guess is it would be body-bagged for environmental contamination. They won't even put those in Genuine slabs.
That is not a valid argument. The GSA sales consisted of both circulated and uncirculated coins and many cases the bags contained both circ and...
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Weigh the 2 reales coin, I suspect you will find it is fake.
No I do not. But I continue to study them and still buy books on coins.
It's worth approx $180.
Sorry for misunderstanding :o
Search thru this site David - Dan Sedwick - you should be able to find some. One of Dan's employees is even a member of Coin Talk. If nothing...
Does it look like this Martin ? [IMG] That's an S. Read this to understand better - Click Here
Taking it out of the flip may be a good idea. But placing it into an album isn't. It's impossible to put a coin in album without doing harm to the...
It's not that they all haven't learned. It's 2 things - 1 there are a lot of new collectors on this site who have not learned. And 2 - even those...
Absolutely. Not at all. There is still the problem with value grading - assigning a grade based on the value of the coin instead of its...
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A coin with an altered surface is considered to be damaged and therefore ungradeable. While I understand what rohumpy is saying, using the term...
Well handwashing them is definitely not a good idea. Improperly cleaning a coin can cause it to lose up to 80% of its value.
The pics bother me because I worry about what I cannot see. But what I can see is the scratch on the upper reverse. If that passes, then it will...
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