PCGS and NGC are the leading grading services. All the rest fall into lower categories. I could discuss why that is, but that’s not what I want to...
What happens is what the collectors “grade-flation.” All of the standards get watered down from the Mint State to the circulated grades over time....
Don’t buy anything but non PVC safety flips. The ones with Poly Vinyl Chloride will break down and secrete a residue on the coins which will...
Cleaning has not been "allowed" at least with respect to maintaining or enhancing value for many years. Let's settle a definition. "Cleaning" is...
Since I've been tagged, it's hard to evaluate a piece when the picture has been taken on an angle. People who sell counterfeit and altered coins...
I don't think that the grade can be any higher than AU-55, and the surfaces are not original. From the photo it appears that that the surfaces...
Here are photos of fake 2015 Proof American Silver Eagles the Chinese issued a couple of years ago. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Not all Chinese counterfiets have the look of the circulated Morgan Dollars. They are also making "Proof" pieces with a shiny finish. Here a...
It does not look like a Proof to me, but to be honest I really can’t tell much form that picture because the lighting or something is making the...
Your photos only re-enforce my opinion that the coin is a Chinese counterfeit. As I said before, most people don't sell $300 coins for $50. This...
It refers to Van Allen - Mallas die varieties, VAM for short. In the 19th century decreasing amounts of hand labor went in to making coin dies,...
The Philadelphia Mint made all of the dies in those days and sent them to the branch mints. At least one 1861 dated gold dollar die was sent to...
You need to show us both sides, and you need sharper pictures. The ideal thing is to use a tripod or some other camera steadying device. If you...
Truly Mint State Classic Head gold is very scarce to rare. There were almost no collectors in The United States when these pieces were issued....
Maybe they didn't look at the part of coin that much. I know when I was collecting these coins back in the late 1980s and early '90s, I was always...
Here is a genuine 1853 quarter eagle that you can compare with the fake shown above. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Click on the on the full sized image, you will see alot more that is wrong with it. Here is a genuine example. It's got so rim damage at 12 k on...
It has been my experience that the error rate is much higher than that. On another blog, I set it at 5%, and the CAC advocates ran off with that...
I am quite sure that these Douglas MacArthur coins were struck at the San Francisco Mint. As the prvious poster said, the Philippines was a U.S....
Yes, I own them. The Gobrecht Dollar is the original 1836 coin turn piece. It is graded PCGS PR-62 CAC. The 1836 gold dollar is a PCGS PR-64....
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