The scales are the easy part, the hard part is learning what coin goes with what R number ;)
Ahhhh but that's how we learn dear lady - research and accident. Together they lead to experience. You can't have the third without the first two...
It depends on your skills with each - scanner or camera. Scanners tend to wash out the luster in a pic and luster is extremely important in...
Congrats bz :high5:
One of these days I'm gonna have to exapand that list - there are plenty more rarity scales ;)
Much depends on the date, mint mark and grade of the coins you select for your set. Best way to get an idea of pricing is to sign up on the...
No, not really. Market grading is applied to circulated coins as well. It's pretty much across the board. And it really doesn't have anything to...
For somebody who was asking lots of questions not so long ago, you're getting pretty good at answering them now Marianne ;)
Because they think they can sell it for more than they could if it was not plated. Believe it or not, there are many folks who collect these...
No - to me those grades are just plain gifts :mad:
It is also possible they are flow lines - not hairlines from cleaning. I will admit, the hairlines are more likely - but flow lines are often...
There is one other aspect about market grading I would like to add. That is, the TPG's will grade a given coin at a grade that the market will...
They can sell for anywhere from $5 to $50 - depends how bad the buyer wants one. And as has been said, there is no guarantee it's not a modern fake.
It's possible that some of the newer coins might grade 68 or 69 - the older ones, the odds are against it. But even a 68 or 69 won't do you much...
Certain ? No, of course not, not without seeing the coin in hand. But I have seen plenty of them that were plated in exactly that manner and I...
Oh I have a real good idea how PCGS grades them Mike, I just don't always agree with the grades they assign.
Howdy hjahne - Welcome to the Forum !! It's an altered coin. Someone intentionally plated it.
I happen to agree with Bruce - I wouldn't buy one of the coins on a bet.
Howdy ProofRon - Welcome to the Forum !! As a general rule, most of the coins found in Proof sets are not worth spending the money to have them...
Sure it does - you would be amazed at how many collectors there are out there, even those with a lot of high dollar coins, that actually believe...
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