I am also a raw beginner, but I would say that, if submitted to a grading company, only the 1909-S and the 1924-D would come back with a grade....
Isn't the point about price dependency that AT A GIVEN POINT IN TIME the standards for more expensive coins are looser?
I am a lot more cynical about market vs technical grading. There are standards for technical grading, e.g. the ANA Grading Standards book, or...
Local dealer has 1920 Mercury dime in AU for $3.95 to $9.50. MS grades significantly more
The Dansco and the Intercept Shield products work in completely different ways. My understanding is that the Dansco product releases a vapor that...
Seems like a company whose whole business depends on network access would sign up with a hosting company that has multiple levels of backup for...
I am having trouble yesterday and today with getting to the Teletrade web site. Is anyone else haveing problems or is this strictly a local issue?
OK I'll bite. Why is this not a 1926 quarter eagle?
A thing to keep in mind. Intercept Shield type products are NOT compatible with Metal SAFE type products. The Metal Safe type work by releasing a...
I had some coins I tossed in a baggie on my boat during a Caribbean trip. When I came across them years later they had developed something that...
I just looked in the Dec. Miller's Mint flyer and found this at the end: {I had to extract this from a pdf file and add it in here - both...
When I first started learning something about grading I tried comparing standards in books (Photograde, ANA Grading standards, etc.) to examples...
I'm really waiting for them to deliver before I PAY! :-)
My e-mail notification that it had shipped arrived this morning (well LATE last night, after 11PM), but the coin itself arrived yesterday morning!...
Mine just arrived. Nice.
My understanding is that the choice of zinc as the main metal in the cents was because the major zinc producer had a senator in his pocket.
That picture of the date looks like it could be copied straight out of the Cherry Pickers Guide! I don't think there is any doubt it is an FS16....
Assumption: The purpose of slabbing is to enable reliable, sight-unseen transactions. The problem with problems is that the terms cover too...
My Red Flags There are some kind of descriptions that say to me "Skip this one!" The word WOW a couple of @ signs The word RARE
This much I know. But I am more a collector than an investor. What I am interested in is what identifies a die pair #4. I can sort out Die pairs...
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