Rusty there have always been and will always be people who like blast white and those who like toned. There really is only one thing that changes...
Haze is far more common on the more modern Proofs than on the older ones. It is believed to be caused by the washing process the mint uses on...
It's called learning from your mistakes.
As a point of interest, this is what Ron Guth and Jeff Garrett have to say about the grading of this issue. That was written in 2005.
Red = 95% or more red Red Brown = 5% to 94% red less than 5% red and it's brown
Post a pic of one with what you suspect is haze. I have a feeling it will be toning, but we'll see.
They don't do anything Toad because the ads are perfectly legal.
I understand your point Mike, but don't expect much to ever happen about it. Face it, people are gullible and they will always be gullible. And we...
But Mike what you and I say, or what anybody else says for that matter, is basically meaningless. People are going to use the word any way they...
Ever hear of shipwrecks ? The finest example known, NGC AU58 came from the S.S. Republic.
It is not a coin, it is a Mint medal. Value is negligible.
If you know your seller, the pics don't matter, and if it is on ebay or anywhere else - that doesn't matter either. The only important part is...
The way the system works, you have to file the claim. The check will be sent to the receiving party though, not to you. I went through 1...
I'd say the odds are in favor of it.
Depends on what coin you are looking for. You can find some info here - Counterfeits
It's worse than that, less than 35 are thought to even exist.
My opinion XF40, suspect the TPG said AU53.
The problem is that most people outside of the collector community, and even a lot of those inside it, will call anything round and made of metal...
The letters indicate where the original attribution for the coin came from. KM is Krause Mishler, Y is Yeoman, C is Craig, FR is Freidberg, P is...
Sorry to say you are wishing. For accurate values please visit the Heritage web site www.ha.com, and check values for Kennedy halves in th...
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