No, but Doug will say that he has been dropping pennies on other pennies all morning long and I sure can't get one to make a mark like that....
I can see them now, sure could not see them before. Even with these better pics, only 1 of them shows that die break at the fraction mark, can't...
This is not true. PCGS says that coins can still be up-graded or downgraded. Their new system is to prevent coins that have already been graded...
A half reale is correct, it would be from the Guatemala mint.
connor, just as a heads up. If you haven't, you might want to remove that medal from the box for storage. The toning has reached the point that it...
charlottedude - All of the diagnostics I mentioned come direct from Doug Winter's book on Charlotte gold. Winter is considered to be THE...
Please explain to me how something curved, like a coin, makes a straight line cut of that length in another coin. It can't be done. I don't care...
That is only in the world of PCGS, the rest of the world recognizes damage for what it is and calls it that. It's really hard to say based on...
Dick - he was talking about Adrian of Annaconda Coins - not Aidan Work.
How about just a good picture of the coin now, a closeup with the slab cropped out. But show the whole coin.
No Mike, market grading does not do that. Value grading does that. That was the entire point of this thread. What you think is market grading, is...
And what you'll learn is that the practice I described is no longer used. Back then, coins were placed in bags containing $1000 of face value....
Ya know Paul it might help if you'd read what I actually say - There is a vast difference between saying "they can be" and saying "they are"....
See if this helps - Counterfeit PCGS Holders Counterfeit NGC Holders Fake PCGS Slab Diagnostics
Never thought I'd say this to you - but go ahead Paul, suck up that koolaid. Yes, they can all be shovel marks. Just use the brains you have...
No mike it isn't. Anything that happens to the coin post strike is damage. It doesn't matter if it happens inside the mint building or not.
Ya know, it seems you guys are all forgetting something. After the coin hopper is full and it is moved over to the packaging area in the mint...
I read Jame's article back when he wrote it, obviously I think he's off base. But that is many people's perception of what market grading is....
Yeah I realize that. But that only makes it worse - not better. Damaged coins are considered ungradeable - period, end of story. Is there...
And the fallacy in yours is that the business usually continues even after a death. And the business continues to stand behind what they...
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