That's quite a first post you have made, and very illuminating. Thanks for taking the time to register and post it.
My sentiments exactly. I especially like the old green tag PCGS holders, the grading was so conservative back then there isn't any need for a CAC...
NGC had it right both times. One PCGS returned as "questionable authenticity" on an Albanian 100 Franga. The other was a "no decision" on...
Twice I've had coins sent back by PCGS that subsequently were graded by NGC.
copy stand Sometimes just knowing what something is called is a big help. Kind of knew what a copy stand was, but didn't know what it was...
Nice pics. I have not tried the little golf-tee thingy to support the coin, usually just put it on a piece of marble. I'll have to try that.
You must use a tripod. Then, put the camera in aperature priority mode, adjust aperature to F11 or higher, and manually focus lens by moving...
Well you might be on to something there. I'm hardly a bleeding liberal, but its hard not to notice the monolithic racial makeup of the board, and...
Not really, just a lot of idle chatter and gossip surrounding Sheppard's departure from the ANA and the incredible lack of transparency the board...
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I've got the whole set for sale if you're interested...,, Also have the gold 5000 Drachma from the same games, which is the coolest modern Greek...
NGC would never do this...,, Can you imagine NGC cramming a shim in the holder? Coin is bigger than a double-eagle, but it isn't a plancet size...
Prefer NGC for world coins and PCGS for US coins. Agree that NGC service is superior in almost all aspects.
Thank you very much, that was very helpful. Especially like the Euro coin struck for Naples, very cool coin. I would say my coin looks as if it...
Any idea howmuch it weighs? Amazing anything silver circulates these days with silver prices being what they are, --or should I say what they were(?)
Have you thought about trying to clean it?
I've had this since before the circulating Euro went current. As best I can tell, the inscription denotes a particular region in Italy just east...
Didn't know that. I wonder what collectors didn't like about the old holders aside from them being significantly smaller than their peers. I...
Agree. I have also always liked the One Pound coins from the early 1990s with the pyramids on the reverse. Same design has been used to strike...
I very much considered the old ANACS to be fairly relaible in their grading. I also liked the old ANACS holders much more than the new ones. For...
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