In the future, might I suggest buying the coins already slabbed. It avoids the entire issue ;)
As long as I think I can add something to the discussion or answer a question, I post a response whenever I get to it. First last or in the...
Bone - no disrepsect pal, but if you grew up believing the world was flat - would you still ?
Well Mike, that's where we differ. And that's one of the flaws with technical graqding in my opinion. For if a coin is to be considered as gem...
The percentage of wear works fine if you are grading circulated coins, but what about MS coins that have no wear ? And your idea of the level of...
Why do they care ? Easy, money. Say you had a collection at current market prices valued at a $100,000. Would you care if that value dropped 50%...
Put the diffuser over the lights, not over the coin. You'll get much better results. As for the grade, the bad hit on the cheek will limit it,...
I gotta go with AU.
The mint releases coins to the Federal Reserve as they request them. The '99 SBA's were gone a long time ago. But the mint still has plenty of '01...
He can undoubtedly answer better than me, but basically he is saying that the dents from pressure ridges could have occured while the die was soft...
Many thousands, but every machine shop on the planet already has the proper equipment.
As you should know I share no love for David Hall either. And I certainly agree that it was moronic for him to make such a post as that one. But...
You have the coin hand pal, all I have are pics. I used your pics, just blew 'em up.
Greg you should make a little more in the way of an explanation when making such a comment. It is way too easy for someone who doesn't know the...
Bad idea. First of all the import laws apply to all shipments from outside the EU. So it doesn't matter who ships it. Secondly, if you try to...
No it isn't. Acetone is primarily good for one thing - removing PVC. It can also be used to remove some types of glue, tape or tape residue and...
Look at the two pics. The arrow on th eleft points to what looks like a small 1 in between the 1 and the 9. The inside of the 9 looks like it is...
That is somewhat of an understatement. But she is an excellent example to point to when folks make claims about favoritism shown to large dealers...
I dunno, I'm somewhat confused by the coin. There's something going on with the date and mm but I'm not sure what.
Typically later editions come to be because the 1st editions are no longer in print. So they publish another edition so that people can find the...
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