More likely his concern is the fact that they are not original. A counterstamp after all is thought of by many as being damage.
Keep looking Kentucky, it's in there. I'd find it for you but I don't have my copy anymore.
Yes, verdigris is contagious - to other coins.
They issued double mint sets until 1959.
Oh you're right Mike, but then NGC won't ever tell us what their standards are. So we have to go by what we can. 'Course on the other hand PCGS...
Now that is one busy coin ! Just about every square mm covered with design elements. Don't think I've ever seen that before.
It's just as bad as PVC, some would even argue it's worse. Push comes to shove it doesn't matter - they both eat the coin. Yes you can remove...
People call a whole lot of things milk spots, which is the point of what I have been saying in this thread and the other. If you sneeze, cough, or...
I expect those will turn out fairly well Siggi ;)
Wouldn't surprise me either. True, but that doesn't change what I said. Even in Brown & Dunn, written in what was it 1958 ? Damaged coins cannot...
Oh those are great ideas :rolleyes: They go right along with the idea of using a belt sander mentioned in the other thread :yes: Small problem...
Do you ? Do me a favor. Go and read the grading standards found in the PCGS and the ANA books for MS64. Then look at that coin again. Then think...
No, the paper was not glued down. When you got the set both pieces of paper lifted right up so you could examine the coins. The reason why...
Then he should claim the reward from PCGS. I believe it is $25,000 fo r the prson who could find a way to do it. Oh wait - you had to do it...
That's only part of it, look at the back side of that set. It was exposed to the same paper.
No, the $24 is the fee for variety attribution. Not the grading. "The cost is $24 added to the level of service utilized. For example, if you...
And you won't, ever. Any coin exposed to the air is going to tone - period.
Don't think so. I believe it was a request from a customer. But the idea caught on, people wanted it. And they will give their customers what they...
They have used both many times. The TPG that gets their work is the one that gives the best bid (cheapest price) to do the work.
Gorgeous !
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