It's not just the TPG's though Mike - it's the collectors and coin dealers, the very backbone of this hobby. I have tried to get that grassroots...
That depends on the coin and when it was slabbed. There was a time, with non-modern coins, that ICG was as good as NGC & PCGS. That is no longer...
Dick I think everyone here knows that pics can be very deceiving. You can take 2 different pics of the same coin, one will show something and one...
Yeah, but there is still hope :D
Yes, it is a matter of opinion. But that opinion was collectively formed by coin dealers, collectors and numismatists - effectively everyone there...
I think the way it is - is the way it should be.
Yes, it is that James and yes I believe he is an EAC member. He does not collect just copper though.
I seriously doubt Bowers ever even saw the coin you mention and likely would know nothing at all about the sale of it. Kind of hard to blame him...
All of the raised metal on the coin bothers me - have you weighed this coin ?
Sure there are, there are a couple dates in FBL that are very hard to find.
Eduard I would say that you need to trust your gut more often, for I would agree with you on this coin. It appears to me to have undergone an old...
Based on the pics I would say XF45-AU50 - depends on the amount of luster remaining.
Then you exercise that thing called patience and wait. There are very, very few coins that are not for sale in sizable numbers by trusted and...
The term applies to all coins, not just Morgans. The term is listed in the 1st edition ANA guide which was published in 1977, long before the...
You have the coin in hand, I do not. But every mark I mentioned or circled I could see in your original pics. I merely blew them to make them...
I think the question has been answered many times and in many different ways. Sometimes it was a direct question just like yours. Other times you...
Could be, could also be due to corrosion from being in the ground.
So you are saying that the marks I have circled in the following pictures are not on the coin ? They sure look to be on the coin to me. And...
That is true Ruben, as you say - until they reach the MS65 level. That is because coins graded under MS65 are not required to have a full or even...
It'll never become a science Cloud, it is an art. And it's not quite changing from year to year, but I do take your meaning. For the most part it...
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