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The value of any coin is based as much, or more, on its condition as it is the coin's scarcity. So values can vary greatly. I used to specialize...
They put out a new edition every year, I think they are up to the 30th edition now. Never hurts to have older copies, but I'd look for a newer one...
Howdy BioPirate - Welcome to the Forum !! I moved your post over here so that you would get more responses.
Howdy Disincarnate - Welcome to the Forum !! The holed coins, Netherlands ducat and Leopold ducat, would be worth a bit over melt to most...
To a large degree I agree that slabbed coins will generally bring more than the same coin raw. And I agree with this as well. An educated...
Never thought about that, could be. But then verdigris on many modern coins as well, and occurs naturally without any help from man.
I would hope that PCGS said AU58, I would as well. There is light wear on the tops of the wings, eagle's beak, eagle's head, and just a tad on the...
And you'll have a lot more trouble. To the best of my knowledge there is no written standard that NGC has ever published. And Mike, we shall...
So let me ask you Lehigh, when is that I am not being presumptuous if I disagree with a grade assigned by a TPG ? Is that only when you happen to...
I would agree with your grades rlm, and value is pretty much what you paid.
You are quite correct, but don't you think you left out one important point ? Something is truly worth what an educated buyer will pay for it, not...
Yes, they do use them, sometimes. But they absolutely do not use them on every coin. In fact they use them on very few coins. The vast majority of...
Your question is a good one, but you're making a bad assumption. I am not saying that the wear created the flat spots at all, the weak strike...
Some do it for the registry, some do it because they are uneducated and just don't know any better. And with coins of that grade, some do it...
Well, I thought it was fairly cheap at $4000. The coin was graded MS64 and for a coin 650 years old that is anything but common. Find a US gold...
Thank you for the compliment Eddie, but I make my share of mistakes too. In all honesty, I think the TPG did just that in this case - made a...
Because there are laws that tell them how much they can sell them for. Profits are returned to the General Fund - to pay for things that you...
That I did Andy, did being the key word. And yes they are all gone now.
It does have a lot of luster and it is exceptionally clean. But I can only call them as I see them.
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