There are few things you need to realize about coin shows - 90% of the business done is strictly between dealers. And dealers at shows are like...
Don't put any faith in price guides - they are all over the map. About the only thing you really want to trust are realized auction prices. Now...
Well, now you can see with your own eyes what I was trying to explain about the differences in the surface of the coins. Much better job than my...
Polishing a coin, over-dipping a coin, or dipping a coin too many times - all of these will remove mint luster. And of course harshly cleaning a...
Something else you might want to know deamer, just as an FYI. I can't remeber for sure if it was 2000 or '01, but prior to that NGC would not slab...
You might want to get one from there slabbed, just to confirm what you already think. After all, it's better to spend $20 - $40 and have peace of...
As stated, scans are great for showing detail. But to get the best reults scan in high resolution, 300 to 600 dpi and save the pic as a .tif file....
And of course it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that PCGS intentionally avoids assigning the 70 grade. How ya been Midas, haven't...
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" Playground and Recreation Association of America " - that's where it's from.
Maybe I should have circled the spots because to me they are very obvious. Be that as it may, I would say the coin you pictured is a VF30. It...
To be honest Jimmy that is like asking why is vanilla the most popular flavor of ice cream when we have all those other flavors. I really don't...
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Just barely Mike, just barely :D
But think about your example, the only reason that the profit exist is because the price of gold went up that much in that time. There was no...
I thought that too at first, but read what it says again, it says - For Playground and Recreation Association of America. And it has the copyright...
Bone is being tricky, he does this every now and then. He posts a pic of coin that he has posted before but he changes the pic slightly to see if...
OK - I have placed arrows on specific spots. You compare them point by point. You will see significantly more wear on the OP's coin than on the...
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Well you're certainly not alone in thinking that BW, but history has proved otherwise.
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