as a side note, I did have one dealer say to me "if the coin is valuable (>$2500) then if it's not graded there is a very high probability that...
I suspect from a cursory look at some of PCGS data of 'details' coins that it's something like the following -- I'm going to run some analytics on...
There are economics at play here though... Just as a rough cut at the data in the VF category, it seems that you can get a much higher price for...
When you do sell one of them where do you get the best price? eBay or others?
I know you are not selling the Flowing Hair Dollar but if you were to list it on eBay given PCGS is between 10k-12.5k and CPG is as follows how...
Especially for 1700's Russian Rubles... It seems like someone cleaned all of them :-)
@calcol - I had no idea PCGS offered this on their website--Just choose Grade = 0. Very cool. Thank you. I tried to find it on GC but can't...
I started researching this because I have >50 PCGS/NGC graded details coins that I want to upload to eBay but I'm confounded by what price to use...
FWIW from ChatGPT: Why did the Portuguese counterstamp coins from Angola in 1837 In 1837, Portugal was facing a severe financial crisis, and...
makes sense. I find it fascinating that a counter stamp was placed on a coin 51 years after it was minted. I also wonder -- If they...
That 1/2 Macuta is 31mm but mine is 46mm (huge -- can probably skip it across a pond :-) ), however, looks very similar. (also, referencing the...
I was using this as a reference https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces53255.html
Came across this coin today. It's 46 (mm) | 38.4 (g) From what I can tell it's a 1 Macuta (but I'm not positive about that as its weight differs...
It’s been over a year but I’ve reminded the group I purchased it from about the Hobby Protection Act - working on getting my money back
I guess you can really see the problem in this comparison (line to the right of 'N' extending to the edge of the counterfeit coin): PCGS:...
I do see questionable areas such as the "Q" on the obverse and the top rim on the reverse[ATTACH] [ATTACH] from PCGS: [ATTACH]
This 1867 Victoria Dollar from Hong Kong has been in my collection for a bit of time and I finally sent it in for grading... I was surprised when...
what do the deep scrapes all going the same direction signify?
After a lot of digging on yandex.com, I found numerous fakes/restrikes of all variations, and then I finally found one that appears to be the real...
Here are other images I've found a, b, c, d, e and a good story here and here.
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