Guys I gotta ask, please explain to me what grading standards you are using and what the criteria are for the coin to rate an XF or higher grade.
One question, how do you send a coin to Sears to have it authenticated until after you have paid for the coin ? Also, assuming you do so, the...
But he wants the bulk discount on the grading fees - only a dealer can get that.
No, both the white and black ring inserts are made of inert material.
Any of you who visit here often can probably recall my commenting that fake slabs are very few and far between. Well, not anymore. In the past...
If it was that easy we'd all be rich. There is always a spread between buy and sell prices. Otherwise, the people who buy and sell it would be out...
Hard to say, have you seen the bags in person, or know and trust the seller ? It's not unknown for the less scrupulous to re-sow bags shut after...
Here's a list I would recommend - Coin Dealers
I'd say that ACG beat Abon by a mile, maybe 2 miles. They also existed long before ebay ever showed up. In fact they existed long before PCGS &...
Count your blessings then, because that's the first one I've ever heard of that would pay that much.
Coin World does a price guide for each of them twice a year. For web sites, try these - Mexico Canada
I looked at 7 coins he has available - not one looks natural. Some of them appear to have been lightly polished. I suspect he is also using a coin...
Easiest way is to have a dealer submit them for you.
VF30 in my opinion - and I would agree about the cleaning.
I would anytime.
You can check the mailing date on every issue, it's right on the front. And yes, the Post Office is famous for being late with them.
Quite right, but count the stars on the one posted here, I only see 12. Look at the bust and how close it is to the right side of the coin. Then...
I'd agree normally, but at the time those coins were struck they were placed in the dies by hand and I doubt they would have done so if the...
I copied that from the thread of several days ago, but you can find a more defined answer of Oct. 1st in this thread - HERE
Yeah, that last line is kind of important.
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