Oh I always show up eventually -:hug: Now really guys, enough already. Anything and everything that needed said has been said - plus a whole...
What Lehigh is saying is correct. These - First Day of Issue First Strike First Box Early Release - are not pedigrees. They are...
Geeez Paul - so you do pay attention once in a while after all :D I can remember having this discussion about well struck Jeffs on the NGC...
The US has long exprimented with making coins of aluminum. For instance, back in 1873 they tried making cents of aluminum - [IMG] [IMG]...
Ya know Tom, one of these days you really do need to open your eyes and actually read what I have to say. For instance - issued, in the context...
When people ask questions like this they fail to realize one thing - it doesn't matter where you buy any given coin, prices are going to be all...
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There is no such thing as a "reliable price guide" - for mint products in OGP or any coin for that matter. Yes, there are literally dozens of...
It is quite common to find coins of this age and this type in similar condition, nor are they expensive. I cannot say for sure that the coin is...
Obviously, then it is no longer a 70. But you have to be careful about what you call a "spot". A spot of toning will not alter the grade. A spot...
I don't understand your reasoning regarding the smoothness of the fields - the fields are supposed to be smooth. As to the weight - what you...
As long as people keep things civil - it will stay open. This is no different than all of the ebay seller bashing that goes on. Not that I like...
Yup, we do say that. BUT - you just knew there was gonna be that but in there didn't you ? But - please tell me what coins you have ever seen...
baha it's fine to make threads like this. But you're trying to establish a person's grading ability based based on such threads - that is...
If you say so Mike. But as I recall there was never any limit on mint products until after the 2001 Buffalo commmem sell out. But - I've been...
You really need to get over the idea that the cost of slabbing a coin adds anything to its value. It just isn't true. You can buy slabbed coins...
None of the first PCGS slabs had barcodes. It was not until 1988 when the PCGS slabs were being counterfeited that barcodes came into use.
There was no limit on the '99 sets. You could buy as many as you wanted - but nobody wanted them at the time. So dealers did not buy them in...
Conder may know better than me, but if I recall correctly it stayed that way until 1965. And basically it was up to the person accepting the...
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