I remember Warren Mills, the "eye", former grader, runs a high end company, made allusion to the fact that at one of the big coin shows he ran...
It's a tough issue and the only question revolves around fakes, I would think that responsibility on the seller has something to do with the...
If someone represents a coin as genuine, an AU, etc., they should refund the costs of the coin as sold and possibly grading costs or the cost to...
I had a $20 Liberty gold coin that proved to be a counterfeit a while back. Subsequently I spoke with Universal Coin on this and they told me...
Nice coin! I would say with the luster and surfaces AU would be a likely result. Note: cleaning issues are very hard to make out from the...
There are lots of less than perfect photos on this site, some cameras have macro features, you have to pay a lot more for super macros, there is...
Thanks for your professional opinions. The owner said that due to the reverse issue, a stain or something, he had net graded to XF45. Still it...
To me it looks like a solid AU. It was at the Westchester show yesterday, many of the dealers are up in Manchester, NH this weekend for that...
I wonder if sharp members of this site could give an assessment of the likely grade of the 55DDO? [IMG][IMG][IMG]
It looked better close up; a no grade at NGC?
OK, here was the coin that I had in mind, the antique dealer sent me the pics and I ran them through imgur--anyone have a guesstimate on grade,...
It depends on the coin, nice, pleasing ones sell as you can see all the time, sometimes way over GS. It depends on the coin dealer and their...
If the coin is in the holder, then their is an active market for it at least at Bluesheet, which is basically bargain pricing; if the coin is CAC...
I was speaking with Joe of Gardner Coin at his shop last week, as I had looked at a couple of 1799 Bust dollars that were around VF in grade...
OK, some interesting facts, Tough Coins, it was good to meet you at the Nashua show a month or so ago. The one time that I had packages missing...
Never used ebay for shipping? I've sent hundreds of packages through them without real problems. The advantage of using ebay is there are so...
Supposedly they "guarantee" it at usps, but my experience is that the ebay "expresses" get handled differently than when you send them outside of...
This is something I have noticed when I ship a high value item overnight express through their shipping label download system; without fail...
Thanks, coleguy. I looked at this coin when Yankee Peddler priced it at $1200 and thought the MM was suspicious, at least the coin does not look...
Plus I would keep in mind that CAC has bids on most of the coins they sticker around Greysheet ask, but a lot more in the case or relatively rare...
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