I'm trying to figure out what the earliest year is that the USSR produced a proof-like mint set, but I'm coming up empty on trying to find an...
No issues with zinc or iron, though I treat both if those metals very differently than other coins after an acetone soak. For aluminum, xylene...
If I'm buying it, I'd rather it be the OGH+CAC, but to keep in my collection, I would crack it out and resubmit.
I see a 1/1 RPD here. Looks similar that on the 1831 bust quarter RPD. Large 1 on top of a small 1.
Yep I had the same thing happen to me back when the standards stealth changed. Unfortunately the TPGs tightened up on MA toning a few years back....
I've gotten some of my very best coins raw on eBay with somewhat unclear pics. I know others that have hit the jackpot this way as well. Some risk...
Thank you. Yes, I remember seeing your coin as well. Excellent eye appeal and a nice strike. The toning and eye appeal are what really hooked me...
A new pickup: USSR 1961 Ruble Nickel-Brass Y#134a.1 (1961-1991) Though, technically a one-year subtype (smooth edge). [ATTACH]
It's Bulgarian.
I think the difference in your thinking is exemplified with your use of the word "better" here. It's not better. It's different. The surfaces of...
Might as well be describing a proof? Yes, that's literally the whole point. Proof-like, meaning, like a proof. In some cases, proof-like coins are...
And yet most if not all languages had a word for proof-like long before the existence of TPGs. The coins look very different from typical business...
I think the world market has not yet appreciated how scarce some of that pre-euro aluminum coinage is, especially the condition rarities. Very...
Yes you could use it to review any of those. It was for reviewing the designation on the slab, or reviewing the coin's eligibility for a...
Wow! Based on this it looks like they removed it mid 2020. That really stinks. I used designation review frequently. Didn't do any submissions...
Not sure what point you're making here, it depends on how you submit it. Nobody is disputing that there are ways to send in a coin where the grade...
Not reconsideration. Designation review service. It's cheap, and they don't regrade it. They only look at the designation as per your request, and...
Keep in mind those slabs that just say MS were all slabbed prior to PCGS and NGC assigning the PL designation to any world coins, and may get the...
Okay great. I guess it depends on the country. I've never seen a Hungarian PL strike with cameo, and would bet they don't exist.
This, and Canada is not the only country to have done this. This is a somewhat confusing point with TPGs. PL can be either a designation OR it can...
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