If one side of the coin is blank them I suspect that you have a bunch of fakes, that may or may not even be gold.
It's supposed to be a Spanish colonial 8 escudos, which is gold not silver, struck at the Lima Peru mint. The second date is the 741, which is...
The coin is a fake, wrong design & 2 different dates are the obvious points.
NGC made similar changes about the same time that PCGS did. If memory serves it was about a year ago.
The ANS is probably the most respected numismatic organization there is. It is far older than the ANA and was founded in 1858. They have one of,...
There is nothing wrong with your question. But there is something wrong with the answers you chose to make available - none of your choices are...
It's their forum, they get to make and enforce whatever rules they want. But they should have done it years ago. It used to be that members would...
Correct. You got the idea. The reason it seems confusing is bcause you are assuming that the star is part of the grade - it isn't. The grade...
I saw all the marks you are talking about but I can't see them well enough to tell what they are.
You really need to talk to Peter about that. Send a PM to Peter T Davis, he is the site owner.
I don't think it's the number of members, they have 30,000 we have 24,0000. And it was much the same there when they had under 20,000. It's...
I think you misunderstand how NGC grades. In regard to eye appeal NGC grades exactly the same way that PCGS does. NGC will also bump a coin a full...
Then you better read it again because regardless of what the thread title is my responses deal ONLY with the value.
I don't see anything that makes me think fake but the pics are not the best either. But if the depressions you see have a different color than the...
1889-O - The coin has AU details but looks like it has been polished. Pretty sure it would be tagged as damaged as well because of the scratches...
So why are all these people supposedly being banned ? Just for mentioning how they are going to handle counterfeits ? Sorry, but there's got to...
The correct, and direct, answer is somtimes, but of course PCGS fans never want to hear that answer. Nor do they ever seem to want to hear "why"...
Don't know where you ever got such an idea, but it is definitely not true - either one.
Yes it might be silver, but I suspect it is not the correct fineness of silver. And pirates would never melt coins down and cast them (you hav any...
Seems to me that the article posted is merely PCGS explaining how they grade and the impact that the various criteria of grading has on the final...
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