Yes, they are.
No, I'm still here. If for no other reason than to keep an eye on YOU ! :p
No, but we probably should have. Truly unfortunate, he's worse than a bad penny :D
There's a book called The Rare Coin Estate Handbook by James Halperin, it discusses this issue and offers several suggestions on how to deal with...
There have also been several threads where members have posted pictures of coins that were slabbed and graded by NGC and PCGS as being genuine...
I suspect the coin was assigned that grade because of its rarity rating. Over-graded ? No doubt in my mind.
Nope.
By being recognized as being an expert with certain coins.
Yeah, that's true. I wouldn't pin it down to "two atoms thick" but the gist of your comment is true. No I'm not saying that at all.There is a...
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on if you are talking about a circulated coin or an unc coin, how the coin was stored for all those years, if the...
Small problem, most of his coins sell for several thousands of dollars, each. Go with Heritage, you need high end buyers and that's where you'll...
Yeah, sometimes that true. But it is also true that a coin could have acquired the hairlines shortly after it was minted, so both die polish lines...
It depends on the sales venue, and it depends on the buyer. An educated buyer could care less if the coin is slabbed or not. And if it is slabbed,...
No question, those coins I would send to Heritage. I know nothing about ancients, but you'd probably have better luck selling that privately.
It's a fact Tom, and documented. Both NGC and PCGS have publicly admitted that they do it, well, at least used to do it. The first instances of...
I think everybody here is well aware of my opinions regarding the TPGs. But I'll say this, their graders know more about coins than 99% of the...
As to visibility, they are both looked at by a lot of people, but not necessarily the same people. So choosing which one to use kind of depends on...
That is not crud or dirt on the coin, that is toning. Or the remains of toning, either is possible. As for the TPGs dipping the coin at their own...
All price catalogs, or price guides, whatever you want to call them are worthless. If you want to know the realistic value of a coin then look up...
I had always thought I had covered this pretty with the rules as they were originally written. What I am talking about is this, Rule #2 - 2 –...
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