I think the coin will grade MS63 PL. My first impression of the obverse was MS62, but considering the cleanliness of the reverse and the fact...
I guess this is your mulligan!
While you guys debate the minutia of the appearance of online photos, you miss the bigger picture that many of the coins offered by this seller...
That's insane, they are leaving thousands of dollars on the table. I have a hard time believing that people that close to me could be that...
Are you claiming that Doug & I are wrong about their photos? If so, can you name any other dealer who sells that many high value coins raw?
He deserves that generalization, by your own words. You pointed out how often you look at his inventory and only purchased two coins last year.
If AT coins were flooding the market, the floor would drop out. It is still based on supply & demand ya know!
Who cares what the mainstream of numismatics is. If someone is interested in a niche market, who are you to tell them that it is wrong. And when...
Lol, thousands isn't a lot when you consider how many toned coins have been graded. Furthermore, that includes hordes like the Peacock Ike's...
The reason you can't see what you need to see is because they have post processed the photos and jacked up both the brightness & contrast in order...
You say that only one kind of person needs to fear your wrath, then you give a person who fits that description a pass because you don't have the...
I'm not the one acting like a child in this thread Kurt, so you might wanna calm down on criticizing the personality of others. My point was to...
Bob Campbell taught a class for the ANA that used those descriptions and I have seen them used on every forum, including this one, despite Googles...
What are you talking about? Nobody is hiding, and pretty much everyone knows my name. You obviously don't care to know me, so I'm not gonna...
I tried to get into VAM's, just couldn't do it. Kinda like CRH. Not my gig, but to each their own.
Ok, Mr. Johnny Come Lately, the system of "likes" was instituted only a few years ago, after the majority of my posts on this forum were made.
If you are asking for the origin of those designations, I don't know. I know that I learned them from Bob Campbell, former ANA President, who...
Is Walt Ostromecki aware that you don't know difference between type 1 and type 2 artificial toning? Who created the name of that award, George...
The name of this thread is "Why are toned coins so popular" You have been active since the start of the thread. If things relating to toning are...
The problem with referring to coins you have already purchased is that we have no evidence of what your initial grade was, we have to take your...
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