Fair enough. I completely understand where you are coming from regarding your definition of rare. Much like Conder tokens there are dozens of...
While I agree with you that a coin isn't rare because a dealer likes to throw around the word I'd have to disagree with the mintage argument....
So from the four date set of the 2 lire coins the 1917 2 lire is far scarcer than the other three dates. On the other hand the 1916 2 lire is the...
Okay Everyone Grades are as follows Lira: MS 66(Easily a 67 coin graded all day long by the TPG's lax standards) Drachma: In an MS 63 PCGS holder
I've self graded the lira where as PCGS has given its opinion on the Drachma
Who said anything about either coin being in a slab? Guess the grade also means guess MY grade!
Care to guess the grade :D
I'm not sure what the spots are. They might be verdigi but it doesn't matter. They aren't even visible with a loop and as long as its stored...
There aren't any breaks in luster on the drachma. What you see is just a bit of dark toning. With that said I'll wait for a few more replies and...
I've never hosted a "guess the grade" type session so I thought I would make my first and ask cointalk what they think the grades on these two...
Exactly; definitely agree with all that was mentioned. It's not unusual for the TPG's to do this though on world coins. I've seen examples graded...
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