You keep bringing price into the discussion, yet are railing against the grade increase. I'm sorry, but "this coin sold for $500 in 1974" sounds...
If you ask a professional grader what is the biggest mistake amateur graders make, they will likely tell you that they tend to focus too much on...
Your first paragraph is an often told story. I've heard it attributed to several big time dealers since around 1986. The only sliver of truth to...
So maybe the coin was only an EF40 by EAC standards back then and they called it EF45 because they overgrade? Had that coin been called AU58 or...
Ignoring the prices you posted, the grade differences may not be out of line. What grading standards was the auction company using in 1974? Were...
It's not my area, but the leaf and toothed boarder make me think that Afghanistan is correct. Looks similar to the KM-223.x coinage.
Nothing rare, but just a handful of (IMHO) pretty-to-gorgeous toned modern South Africa proofs. They just posted grades at PCGS. [IMG] [IMG]...
Because you have an upset customer and it takes time to deal with PCGS/NGC to get the issue resolved. I've had several cert numbers stolen off...
You absolutely cannot compare this coin to other similar ones from decades later. The Peru Libertad coinage is known to have NUMEROUS varieties....
If you're asking which way auction houses report the sale price, it depends on the auction house. Most in US include the BP. Many outside the US...
If he's putting in a Viking stove, it's going to be WAY more than $25K. Entry level start around $5K. The fancy color enamel ones run close to...
I don't. It was a ridiculous guess for a ridiculous GTG. It's very difficult to grade business strike coins from a picture and near impossible to...
Based on your average quoted rent, I'm going to assume that you're probably in LA/SF/NYC. I can assure you, if you were a landlord you'd be...
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the TPGS decides market acceptability. Nope, the market does and the TPGs respond by changing their standards to what the market wants. imo,...
The average coin dealer can't figure out how to print 2x2 flip inserts in Microsoft Word. While I am sure that some use bots, I don't think it is...
There are no SBA left at the Mint. It took the Mint about 20 years to get rid of all the original SBAs, but they struck the 1999 as they finally...
All this would accomplish is trading one random outcome for another random outcome. Even worse, people would complain much more that the system is...
Right, we just call those Specimens today. ;)
Not at all. Many of these proofs sold for near face value decades after their issue. I've seen letters from the 1800's posted where dealers tell...
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