This coin is market graded. From what I see, the surfaces are clean enough to warrant MS66 and the eye appeal is off the charts. Assuming the...
Wow! That is a very pretty coin Shane even if the bands are mush. Nice pickup!
Put me in the AT crowd. The color progressions are wrong and those colors are typical of an AT coin.
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The problem with a book is that you only get one photo. That lone photo can never be a good representative of how all coins of a specific grade...
Hey Greg, What would a moderate consignment be? Isn't the minimum consignment for a Heritage signature sale $5,000? How does being a legacy...
He also has what one could refer to as a morally casual attitude towards artificial toning.
Shane, I have never been a fan of Northeast's photos. Can you please show us your version when you get the coin. I want to know what the...
I have seen a lot of coins with a very similar appearance hitting the market over the last year. It is hard to describe in words, but they just...
I use both a wallet and a money clip. The benjamins go in the money clip when I play poker. As for the product in the OP. Overpriced is an...
My comment is that apparently ANACS has a different idea of what constitutes "market acceptable" than both NGC & PCGS. And apparently many buyers...
The problem as I see it is that most of the people with good coin photography skills usually don't have to ask questions about their coins because...
I agree 100%. Good Point!
I do not accept that as a fact until you can prove mathematically that the striking pressure is lower simply because the collar is missing. Based...
In all fairness, only the * designation is specifically related to eye appeal. I like the designation but it rarely influences my decision...
I prefer my copper RB [img] I covet eye appeal and originality above all else. Remember that originality has two meanings. One means the...
Oh no! Three times in a week or so. With the exception of the debateable timeline, I have to agree with you Doug!
Here is a quote of the relevant portion of one of my posts on this topic including a link to the associated thread. Fads are phenomenons that...
I know of nobody on this forum who disputes that long ago toned coins sold for less than their untoned counterparts. The general disagreement is...
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