I gotta go 64 RB. But I gotta ask Thad a couple questions. Do you think the areas I have indicated in the pics below are due to strike-throughs or...
The 1.2% difference you are encountering is within US Mint specs for the dollar coins. But if you want to verify the accuracy of your scales...
Call it whatever you want Jim, toning, forming oxides, or anything else. But the fact remains, the stuff (gold) changes color. And it does so...
They don't pay melt for anything, regardless of condition. But they do pay melt minus a percentage for refining costs, and they will for these as...
Even based on your new pictures, my opinion has not changed.
Give up and sell 'em for melt.
Then please explain to me why it is that there are so many, and I mean a lot, of copper coins in slabs that are labeled as Red (which means 95%...
Jeweler's rouge virtually destroys coins leaving them with a look that is unmistakeable. Even a novice collector will notice it.
Look 'em up on Heritage Steve and you'll see what you want to know. If a Jeff has 6, then NGC labels it as 6 on the slab. But they didn't used to,...
C'mon now Ben, tell us how you really feel :D
Ya know all this talk about the difference in price between Red and RB/BN copper of the same grade always makes me think of something that most...
There is some truth in your comment, but it is also misleading to a degree. For CAC will not buy all coins they place a sticker on - but they will...
So run down to one of the Baltimore shows and look at them. It isn't like it's along ways off for you.
You miss the point jello. That being - only a very small percentage of collectors can grade coins correctly and accurately. Those few collctors do...
In recent threads I've tried to explain several times, but just can't be done with words. It can't be done with pictures either. You have to see...
There is not much you can do to help that coin. It is completely corroded. About all you could do would be to attempt to stop additonal corrosion....
Precisely. The point was that many, I would even say most, collectors think they know how to grade, when they really don't.
Paul - what do you think I meant by the use of this phrase - "meaning they were good for the grade" :whistle:
No, they are not making it up. The part that says - "and may not be toned brown, olive, or any other color" comes direct from the ANA standards,...
The coin has haze. It is quite common on more modern Proofs, and as has been suggsted it mayor may not develop into toning. Whether it will or...
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