Howdy ILROB - Welcome to the Forum !! I moved your post over here to the World & Ancient Coin Forum ;) Does your coin look like this one ?...
OK - PCGS has a written and published grading guide - NGC has a written and published grading guide - the ANA has a written and published grading...
If you have a picture or can take a digital picture of your coin - just email the picture to me - gdjmsp@qwest.net - and I'll be glad to post for...
See where you have [ IMG ] before and [/IMG ] after your pic ? That shouldn't be there. You should just see the pic like this - [IMG]...
I have used fire safes for many, many years and never had a problem of any kind. I do use silica gel packs to keep the moisture down inside the...
Please - do not clean the coin ! Cleaning could cut the value in half or worse. Don't even touch the surface with your fingers. Don't try to wipe...
Easy way to tell - are the lines raised or incuse ? And just as a heads up - you are placing your image tags twice like this -...
So you've noticed that huh ? :rolleyes:
So have I - but I've seen a whole lot more of those who can't grade accurately. And if you ask them - they'll freely admit it. And suppose...
Now I rather thought the timing was exquisite :D We are in complete agreement ;)
I'll try a guess at MS65.
Ya know - I was gonna ask if you really wanted to get me going on this again :rolleyes: But then I thought - there may be an easy way ;)...
I don't think it really matters. Coin dealers are always on their way to the next show or back to their shop. And a lot of the dealers at shows...
Too much wear - VF 35
This is one of those times when it is tough to grade from pics. The Peace dollar is hard enough with the coin in hand. In this case a best guess...
I agree - an honest comparison of graded coins will undoubtably play a key part in the defense. And there have been court cases of overgraded...
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