Yes, and it is true of any series. There is also a good reason for that. Coins are not commodities and they never can be because no two are the...
Just as an update - there are several posts that have received 4 nominations for the Clinker Award and a few more that have received 3...
In that regard the forum is worse now than it ever was. But that was not always the case. There was a time when you could get honest opinions...
I might agree, until you compare it to an MS example. Then you see the difference that the wear makes from the weak strike. This one is MS64 -...
That is only for PCGS, they require just the center band. NGC requires all 3 bands to be split with no breaks.
What has been explained is pretty much it Dima. They used the screw presses at first, until 1836, that's when they got the first steam press....
Regarding member's behavior, I'd agree. But they absolutely banned people back then. Say a disparaging word about PCGS and you were toast. They...
You do realize that a large number of people believe that the TPGs do not grade coins, they price them. And there is never going to be a time...
Believe it or not, it was even worse back then than it is now. That was even the time period when I wasn't being very nice to PCGS and/or David...
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I hate to say this, but that does not look like a new scratch to me. New scratches have a very distinctive look, and that one doesn't. But it is...
Now you have 1. Please only start 1 per thread per subject.
It's not cellophane, it's pliofilm. Totally different animal. Cellophane is made from cellulose, pliofilm from chlorinated rubber.
If you do, you can count yourself in rare company.
Never having cared one way or the other, that I don't know.
Hmmmm - I see 67 examples of the '54-C on Heritage. That counting problem coins of course. Winter reports maybe 90 examples known. NGC and...
A couple of reasons for that. One, Doug Winter does not agree with TPG grading in many cases, he's a lot like me in that regard. Often what the...
Thad can certainly answer any questions here without breaking forum rules. But I think he has pretty well answered most of them if you just...
That still constitutes being struck Steve. The only difference for those struck with a screw press or today's modern presses is the speed at which...
I asked for a pic of the slab because I thought maybe the guy was confusing one the self slabbers with a copycat name for NGC. I agree the coin...
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