I'm trying to learn to grade Mercs. I've been looking at pics and looking them up in the ANA grading book and Photograde. I think experience is...
That makes sense. :)
Yeah, I know what you mean. There is absolutely no point in changing the face value of a bullion coin. And I don't see why anyone cares.
I think you are correct. If I remember right this contest is over.
Very nice.
Well, they are the top 2, but PCGS seems to get slightly more respect. And sometimes that causes coins slabbed by them to cost more money, which...
Looks great! I hope I can stop by some time.
Thank you very much. I was actually hoping that there were only holes for the basics-dates and mints. I'm not really into varieties.
This is for people who have albums for Mercury dimes. Are there spaces for any of the overdates, doubled dies and small s varieties?
Exactly. Thats why I think this one might go as high as MS-62.
Thats too bad. No sales tax on any coins here in Missouri.
Oh, thats good. And thanks for the contest.
Had to go way back for this one: http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=16712 Edit: The link doesn't seem to be working though.
Collecting New Orleans Morgans is something I have thought about too. I have too many other projects going on right now though. I see no reason to...
Looking for an old pro for this one.... I found this post on "Looking for an old pro for this one...." interesting and have nominated it...
I'm starting a Merc collection myself, so I really need to learn to grade them too. Good thread. I think I'll second that nomination.
Lol!
I think I will!
Maybe you're right. And, I just noticed, what a topic for my post number 2000. LOL.
So, for the second time, Numismatic News published a letter I wrote. Thise time it was just a tiny paragraph that I wrote, correcting a mistake...
Separate names with a comma.