For several years I've been using the free photo editing software PhotoscapeX. I recently had my laptop (Dell Inspiron 15 5000) upgraded (4GB RAM...
The problem with statements like this is that the terms used are so ambiguous as to render the statement meaningless. In this case the word...
It's good to have standards but I go by what Groucho Marx said when the matron indignantly challenged him for having no standards: "I have...
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Universal Rarity Scale (URS) 10 - 250 to 499 examples more or less equivalent to: Sheldon Rarity 3 - 201 to 500 examples
Thanks for posting that video. Learned a few things.
The green toning by itself doesn't mean anything, although I agree with @johnmilton that this coin has been given some post-mint "love". From the...
One resource is the annual EAC auction where each coin offered has an EAC grade and those that are encapsulated are listed with the TPG grade....
If looking at a six or seven figure coin (which I never will be), I would do what many people in those markets do and that is hire an expert or...
I have a rare die marriage half dime in a NGC slab- Details/Bent. Took it to my local coin club meeting and showed it around and then put the...
Thanks for the detailed report. I have never heard of using a photo to cover the coin. And I can't imagine what possible purpose it would have....
Rats, I can't grade these worth a hoot.
XF Details. But I like all Liberty Seated dollars.
I got so taken with the coin I forgot this is a GTG. 64.
I don't have a link. There was a thread a few months ago that gave the correlation. I don't care enough to go find it or keep it handy but I'm...
I am enamored of that coin. Nice.
Here are my type set coins. Not particularly nice and will eventually be upgraded. I just have other priorities right now. Plus I'm not a fan...
One of the guys at my LCC showed me his $1 Eagle in the new holder with a grade of 10.0. As far as I'm concerned, the whole thing is a big...
Wow, I feel for you. But only 3 years between photos for that to happen.
If you haven't already, I suggest people here might be interested in viewing @bikergeek's third-rated PCGS Registry Set of Capped Bust Half Dimes...
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