Up to you, there are trade offs with any coin of a given grade. But just your voicing the question says that you should wait. But be prepared,...
They are extremely reputable and have an impeccable reputation. And yes, I have purchased from them many times. Their prices tend to be high, but...
Mint records of mintage numbers/weight have always been meticulously kept, been that way for centuries and with good reason - your life literally...
David I've been a member of the NGC site and the PCGS site longer than I have been a member of this one. I still read them both, as much as I can....
Could be I suppose Frank, but there's waves on the obv too. Hammered coins will have these waves sometimes, but not usually like these.
My grade F15, PCGS VF25. And Phoenix, all coins are graded by their worst side regardless of how nice the other side is. That said, the TPG's...
Yes it is well known that coins can and will tone in a slab. It has always been known. It is only people's mistaken belief that slabs are airtight...
The coin is consistent with others like it graded as 58 by the TPG's.
I would probably grade it 55. The coin does have some wear. And don't anybody tell me it's weakly struck either - the coin has finning for God's...
I don't think that one got toned in a roll. Question though, what kind of album and were both sides exposed to view ? If not, which side was exposed ?
Yes it has a weakly struck reverse. But that is one gorgeous coin ! Expect it to be rather pricey - about $12K.
Write him again, tell him what you would like to do and ask his permission. Keep writing until he answers.
The newly appointed Publisher of Numismatic News is asking a question - " I would like to hear from you: what you like about what we're doing,...
Ruben - You say that it is fraud for CAC to offer their opinion on a coin after that coin has already been graded by a TPG. OK - so let me ask...
It dropped of course. Just a question of how far - not if.
Looks like it is just what it says is.
Not sure what to say. There is 1 or 2 design differences from known genuine examples, but it could be die varieties. You can see a very nice one -...
Give that man a cigar :thumb:
I don't disagree stainless. But sometimes people do not want to listen. And when they express that attitude the dealer will sell them what they...
Thanks for the kind words guys, but you should realize that there are probably as many who skip over my comments as there are those who read them....
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