Actually there was. The publishing of the new ANA standards in '87 and the inception of PCGS and NGC in '86 and '87 was not a coincidence. It was...
Heck of a coin Ruben ! Thanks for posting it.
I hate it when they do that, it just isn't right. But the part that really gets to me, is that people accept it - they allow it to happen. As...
Well that is exactly the problem. Everybody has their own definition.
That depends on who you ask. There has been an argument about what a variety is and what an error is for as long as the words have been used in...
There is a very distinct difference between contact marks and wear Mike. Contact marks never, ever, look like wear. And wear, never,ever, looks...
Bag marks do not stop a coin from being Mint State. A coin can have a gazillion bag marks and still be Mint State. There are only 3 things that...
So when do you consider a coin to have entered the "channels of commerce" ? Is a coin in a bank in the channels of commerce ? To me it most...
For the most part I don't believe moderns will acquire much value in any of our lifetimes. I could turn out to be wrong, but those are my...
There used to be other sites but I believe they are now defunct for the most part. But you can still use this one - http://minterrornews.com/...
When I say older Jim, I am not talking about anything within either of our lifetimes. To me older means the 1800's and back for the most part. But...
Yeah, they would. I transposed the 3 and 1. But your comment brings up a point that seems to imply something that a lot of people get wrong. That...
Fair enough, I was just basing my number on the 1% rule of thumb. And DOH ! I see now that I made a mistake and transposed my number ! I should...
Believe what you want, but I have known too many people that I know and trust who were graders, and they all say the same thing. As for HSN, of...
Small problem with that thinking - the people grading the coins have no idea who sent them in. The result - a single coin from the "little guy",...
Hmmmm - did they change their policy Tom ? In the past it was always all 3 bands had to be clear and distinct. From what I can find they still do...
Buddy, when you get to coins in that price range actual value has little to do with anything. You just can't adjust things that closely. I mean,...
Jim - did you get that decimal point in the wrong place ? I'm thinking it should be 0.013gm tolerance.
The first Netherlands ducat of that design was produced in 1586. And yes they produced them every year, with the exceptions of missing years...
If it was the mint, then only those coins minted after 2003 would get the 70 grades. But, the increase seen was across the board, regardless of...
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