Yes, the slabs are all the same size regarding outside dimensions. That's why they stack and interlock with one another. But the point being...
It looks like a fake slab to me.
Prices for pretty much everything have been dropping Mike. Some a lot.
Short answer - no. Even the best of the best of experts cannot definitively say that a given coin is AT or NT. The current determination is to say...
If you are referring to the fake slabs out there, there are ways to identify them. It would be much easier if you would just post a quality...
Since olive oil is an acid and contains organic materials - I can assure you it did damage them. As to the original question, as always it...
I guess one of the things you still need to learn is that there are no "rules" when it comes to buying and selling in this hobby. But there are...
No, you're right, It was something else I was remembering. It's in this thread where we were discussing the same basic subject -...
That's the point, it cannot be mistaken for one. It is a label error only, not a mistake made by the graders. All such things are label errors....
Nope, you did not do anything wrong. It's just that sometimes some of our members, epsecially those who have not been here long - forget the rules.
Yeah I know. And I used to argue the point that the TPG's did not go through periods of tightening and lossening, that they held the line on...
They can be found both ways. But since the 40% coins have an outer layer of .800 silver it is more common for them to not show the clad layers on...
Unfortunately the forum rules prohibit you doing what you did and they do consider you to be an advertiser if you make such posts in the regular...
I've heard of them, never seen one before now that I can recall. But yes, they were made (not sure if minted or cast) from silver recovered from...
Quite true, I wasn't even paying attention the date he reported, just explaining how a clad coin doesn't always look like a clad coin :o
OK, now let me throw another wrench into the works :secret: I am constantly being told by knoweldgeable people that coins are not graded any...
Unfortunately the most recent of those auctions was in June of 2008 and Feb of 2008 with the value being about $325 - and the market has dropped...
Not at all, although what you describe does happen. And it was not my intention to hijack the thread into a different subject. But to answer...
You hold your breath waiting on that to happen :D That'll happen about the same time that PCGS agrees to give me $500 for this $20 coin.
There is no free lunch in numismatics.
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