Where did you come up with that? When I interviewed with NGC back in 2012 and spent a few days in the grading room, there was no such requirement...
Nice one! The heads are both fully struck-up, most of them aren't like that.
Well they are certainly available, that's for sure, and it would appear a hoard has hit the market the past 4 years with multiple examples showing...
Yup, some hammered coins look EF and some look MS65. Then again, maybe struck with a screw press, I can't say for sure.[ATTACH]
However, if diameter is the only criteria (not AGW) then the nod goes to this guy:[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Telling the difference is easy! The 70 will always cost more than the 69! Well, almost always...,,.. Interestingly enough, the coin in the 69...
To the extent that rising precious metals prices reflect not an increase in the value of the metal, but rather a decrease in the value of the...
The top is already in for a number of countries. Russia in 2008, China in 2011 in particular. Lots of others are way off their highs, Brazil...
I'm also an "only daylight/natural lighting" aficionado. There is no substitute. The auction catalogs might offer something that suffices, but...
Like several others, I have owned both Nikon and Canon digital SLR camera rigs for shooting coins. The Canon hardware included their entry level...
Selling off my entire collection of silver Italian minors in a single Stack's Bowers lot at the NYINC. Includes a complete run (1914-17) of...
Here's another couple PL coins missing the designation from Lance. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Agree on the PL thing, given a choice between two coins, I will happily accept a coin a point lower with PL fields especially when it is almost...
Super looking coins, what does the obverse of the Regensburg piece look like?
Mintage of 10,000 with nearly all impaired or showing handling marks. Knowing that meant knowing an MS64 was something special when I saw it....
1871 is about the most available date of Young Head sovereign in nice condition, so unless it has the potential to grade at least MS62 it would...
Hard to really convey the color, it's actually an attractive lavender tone that is splashed in an irregular fashion across the surfaces of both...
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