Because a damaged coin is considered ungradeable. And a scratch is considered to be damage. It's all a question of severity really, a matter of...
To be honest I can't recall when they started it. Should be easy enough to ask 'em over on the NGC forum though.
Ben may well be correct as to the source, but without question the coin has suffered post mint damage.
Not likely. Mike may have been correct in his estimate that the coin has seen circulation. But I think a light cleaning the more likely...
Fair warning, if this digresses into political comments, there may be infractions handed out.
It has nothing to do with being softer or harder. Cloth of any kind is abrasive, and it will mark the surface of a coin. The proof of this is...
Not all vinyl has PVC in it stainless. I am merely saying if coin flips or coin pages do smell like a new shower curtain - then you should not use...
The first non US coin that I collected was Pillar dollar in 1976, several of them in fact. Dates were in the 1730's. Dug 'em out myself from a...
I don't care how soft the cloth is or what it is made of - if you rub a coin with it, you will scratch or hairline the coin.
Links like that are always permitted Jack. The key is that it is a link. Where we run into problems is when people scan pages of a book and then...
Mike that is what I was told so many years ago that I can't even remember how long ago it was. It is also what I tell everyone. Tell ya what...
Ahhhhh - first it must be understood that what a given amount of money could purchase varied greatly from country to country and sometimes even...
But you could have if you just thought about it for a minute. There is plenty of luster in a few spots, but only a few spots. A dip would that...
So would I. And I feel exactly the same way ! But you are still missing my real point. Partly my fault I guess for not explaining it...
I don't know that he is, but he can speak for himself. In my opinion that coin has been cleaned with a cloth and since then is re-toning. What's...
It is always about the luster, or rather breaks in the luster, regardless of where it is. Mike is correct to a point, but the TPG's are far from...
It's graded MS67 FS by PCGS. And I agree with Mike's comments about the strike completely. Probably because it's not ? A planchet flaw I would...
You misunderstand Mike. Yes, it is a wire rim - caused by finning as I explained. And no, it would in no way have any impact whatsoever on the...
Doubt you'll find anything on the web. Some things require books, even in this day and age. But what further information would you like ?
The Fed has in their hands 150 million of them. That means there is even more out there for that does not include all those being sold by the Mint.
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