Oh my! If all the charges don't wear down the average collector/dealer then the wait times will or ornery customers... The only worse hobby wait...
Nice notes! Anyone doing submissions, do yourself a favor and don't go economy. At this point the turn around time for PMG is: 72 business...
Heritage once told me they were running around 15% on their CAC submissions, so they probably consider the extra fee to be worth the bean cost,...
They are $12.50 to my knowledge now. I agree, it is money well spent. And on the difficulty of grading SL quarters, and some of the points made...
Many coin owners do not know how to grade, let alone know within a grade or two what a raw coin should grade. Some are so rich that they...
There are some coins that will never earn a CAC sticker, and I posted on overgraded coins that "earn" a CAC sticker. They have gotten hundreds of...
My take on this as a CAC authorized dealer, is that in many, many cases the CAC sticker is very useful. I am not an expert on Standing liberty...
Occasionally I get something right without getting in trouble on copyright rules...
The question here should be what would be the criteria for an opportunity for "sleeper" material, whether coin, notes or antiques to "wake up"?...
Those coins were really cheap, it makes you wonder how the auction companies are able to make money and pay their salaries...
Thanks for those Morgan images, Lehigh. All nice gems. I don't think there has been much change in grading standards for those as they are the...
NGCs Mark Salzburg said the following in an interview with Maurice Rosen, available on the NGC site: MR: What other coins should investors know...
Here are the grading descriptions from PCGS: http://www.pcgs.com/grades.html Compare to a bunch of others at Heritage:...
Frankly, most of the CAC stickered coins I have seen have been right on the money, they seem to be cautious on what they put their sticker on,...
Wow, 2004 to 2012, and only a few posts on a thread, that must be some kind of record!
Sorry, I was half-joking. I generally spend Ikes unless they have some silver content, and those I sell to the bullion buyers after enjoying...
This question, as usual, depends entirely on the person. I would not want a great deal of valuables in my home, home invasions are becoming...
No grade damaged? BU details? PCGS, with their total coin concept MS61/62. ANACS MS64 because the stakes are low. NNC MS66 to make the...
Thanks. How do tears, folds or missing edges fit into the grading equation?
It took me three months to get this note graded and in auction through Teletrade's submission program:...
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