I see it too. But because of the date I would send it in anyway. Would expect 66 or 67 DCAM.
You are correct to a point if the putty job is done correctly. But an experienced eye can still see it, even if freshly done, by turning the coin...
Quite true, there are plenty of puttied coins in NGC and PCGS slabs - a lot more than most people think.
Actually there is for you are not permitted to post copyrighted material. You can post links to it all ya want, and you can post portions of...
As I have explained many, many times and everybody always seems to forget, when market grading was adopted by the numismatic community, the value...
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Yes.
I already explained the difference in my previous post.
The way you think about it, yes, I would agree. Unfortunately most people don't think about it that way. Nor should they, for a coin's grade and...
There is no 1 book, there are thousands of them. Rather obviously nobody will ever have them all except perhaps the Library of Congress and even...
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What should you do ? You should use the search function and thoroughly read the multitude of threads on the subject of proper coin storage. A...
Goldstone, there is something that you need to keep in mind, something that nearly all collectors have to learn. That is - don't buy coins just to...
The 1790 is not a genuine coin, it is a common gaming token.
But you should believe it for it is true. Well worn coins of any nation have little if any value unless they are true rarities.
They may learn how to price coins Mike, but they sure won't learn how to grade them.
I rather think it is going to be harder and harder to guess what grades they are assigning because it seems they are no longer grading coins based...
That's exactly where they are.
Thanks Eduard, glad to hear that my eyes haven't gone that far south - yet.
I have been a member of the PCGS & NGC forums since 2002. Was a lurker at both for a couple years before that. I still go and read them both on...
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