The best way to learn grading is to look at a lot of coins. First, buy yourself an ANA grading book. Then, go to every show you can, pick some...
My only regret is that I can give this post but one like. Be scrupulously accurate in your descriptions to the point of being pedantic, and...
Lol, that's funny. I can only imagine the reaction I'd get trying to spend a 1/2 cent, 2 cent, 3 cent, half dime, or 20 cent-er. :) Anybody gone...
The population reports are more likely to be accurate the higher the grade due to the crack-out effect. I wouldn't trust them at all more than 3...
PL is really hard to tell from images, but I say if you can get a clear reflection of text at 3 inches, PL it is!
What I'd expect to happen in a situation like this roughly the following: Anybody who bought way too many Saints at their peak is either out of...
Ugh. I've seen several dealers' web sites that say they won't ship to MN, but I primarily look at US coins, not ancients.
Excellent! Nice score. :) I was pretty sure it wouldn't go CAM. Is NGC more liberal with the CAM designation on 19th century stuff?
You were expecting a lower grade? Only one person guessed less than the actual grade. And, as far as a details grade, if I were a betting man,...
Not losing is incredibly boring compared to winning. :-)
Reminds me of this one guy I saw years ago selling lots and lots of raw "estate sale" coins. I think his were "locked in a safe for 20 years" or...
As a side note, I love how PCGS's price guide has numbers in it for non-existent coins.
As a non-specialist, I wouldn't touch a raw Trade dollar with a 10-foot pole. That said, it's definitely been harshly cleaned, and possibly...
That coin grades VG at best. They're asking $400-450 too much for a raw coin in that grade.
I hope you at least got what you ordered.
I think I might buy a paddyman98 slab over an NCGS slab. :P
What has it been historically, over time, going back, say, to the early 60's, when everybody seems to agree that coin collecting was popular?...
I think it's just had a rough life.
Is contest 2 the same question as contest 1, but with a different prize?
I'd say it's a possibility.
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