Or they didn't feel it necessary or desirable bid on the "Official Grading Service" status.
This. Not only does NGC pay for the title, but part of the Official Grading Service deal is that ANA gets to send a certain number of coins to...
I was going to say to tell the manager you need a tie breaker vote. Teller thinks you're weird, but you don't. Based on your description,...
PCGS looks better to me. For current holders, the plastic is optically better and I don't like the NGC prongs. The only time the NGC holders may...
This is one really exciting find, even if you don't collect gold at all. A big deal was made about the 5th 1913 Liberty nickel being found, but...
Polished, plated, and polished. Numismatically damaged, but still worth face value.
I've never seen dip (by which I mean the thiourea-based toning removers) affect black crust. If you want to experiment, get a toothpick and put a...
The black stuff could be goo, crust, or staining. If goo or crust, it might be able to be removed with solvents and/or careful application of a...
It looks like what you have is die deterioration doubling, also called die fatigue doubling. As the die (not the coin) wears, parts of the...
Not a bad design. A rendering of the "ice caves" would have been cool, but the kayak would have been out of place.
Demand for (and premiums on) die break VAMs are typically for the later die stages where chunks of die are missing. Some people might be...
Gobrecht dollar in PR04.
58. Look at the high points of the eagle's left wing near the A in America, and the left leg on the obverse.
I was thinking VF30-35, but it has issues. Looks the the obverse rim was hit with an eraser at 6:00.
Seriously, though, if you want to see how good you are at picking the cream of the crop without sending any for grading, go through a bunch of...
Short answer: no. Long answer: ummm..... no.
For NGC, S$1 means silver dollar, as opposed to T$1 for trade dollar or G$1 for gold dollar. As far as I know, it's used on everything of that...
Very nice coin. I'm at VF30. As with @kaparthy, first impression was VF, and the inner wing detail is really nice. I found this XF in...
Dave Wnuck often has some of these.
The coin is the coin, or in this case, the planchet is the planchet. TPG holders use numeric grades to indicate state of preservation of...
Separate names with a comma.
