PCGS prices realized for an 84-S in 55 are between $650 and $1300. Price was pretty good. If there's a CAC sticker or CACG 55 holder in it's...
An MS63PL would have the surface issues of an MS63 that acquired marks falling into a hopper, being sorted, counted, bagged, and transported. A...
This may be a case of distinction without a difference. The SP designation lies in a big gray area between MS and PR as defined by the individual...
I think I see it, too. What does the edge look like?
Fakes are always the right diameter, usually the right weight, and almost never magnetic.
It's a rather faithful reproduction of B-14/BB-51. The fine detail is a little blurry, the stars don't point to the denticles correctly, and it...
When a mint mark is punched into a die, it pushes the metal displaced by the punch aside, resulting in a slightly raised field on the die around...
It's assuredly meant to be both. Do you have an album for these?
Undergraded, overgraded, correctly graded all in those holders. I have no opinions of the coins without seeing them.
I was allowed to bring my photo gear over to their booth early one morning before the show opened and take the photos under their watchful eye...
Chop marks on trade dollars are considered a special type of damage that PCGS allows to be present on a coin given a "problem free" grade,...
Charles Barber was also known for his temper and not suffering the fool. Mint Director Linderman died before he could fire him and replace him as...
I use a hammer, but I stand the slab on the long edge on a concrete floor and whack the upper edge a few times. Eventually you hear a pop and the...
I'll add my purchase here, since I alluded to it a couple pages ago. 1798 $1 PCGS VF20. BB-119, but I bought it for the look. Fortunately, it's a...
Pa-ting!!
This was the table of a friend of mine. Not only was it a lot of bust dollars, it was every die stage of every die marriage through 1803, except...
Seen in the men's room at FUN. This must be where sh***y coins are made. [ATTACH]
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Maybe $30 or so in that grade? Not a coin I would send in for grading. They're not rare in high grade.
I usually like a solid black background as it shows nothing but the coin, and that's usually what I want to see. I've had customers that have...
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