Thanks for your advise on the cracking out -- that's how I'll do the next
Like it or not, ebay and auction sites like it are part of the real world... idiots are there for sure but not everyone is.
Mark_h ---- I should have been more clear. From what *I've* seen on ebay specifically, it seems graded coins sell for around a third more than...
"Details, scratched". Looks better in a Capitol holder Great point... I see a lot of collectors using the Capitol lately. The guys working at...
"Once you destroy the slab, the grade is now invalid." --- you're assuming the grade was valid to begin with (thought some of the crowd would...
Tiring of the same 'ol coins at the same 'ol coin shows... (took me a few years to realize these dealers basically have the same stuff month in...
What did/does this mean? Another GDJMSP post I'm saving... Taken to school AGAIN...
Do the graders "see" who submitted the coin? As I've aged, my rose colored glasses have become extremely tinted... Are there safeguards against...
I went to my first "large" coin show a few weeks ago - did a lot of listening. I always thought when the coin is graded at say, PCGS, that more...
It was actually a different box... but still a penny box....
I moved two 2009 Lincoln boxes (where he's sitting on a log or something) before the "quarter" box and didn't notice a weight difference either......
I bought a couple $25 boxes of pennies at the local bank 18 months ago. I searched through the first but never got around to the second. Well,...
This came a pack that hasn't been out of the safe since the 60's... Any ideas? It was done on New Years Day...
Oh the Eagles are not too big - they actually move a little in the holder...
Yes Morgandude it is a shame... just the age old coin hobby question, "Why?" ---- After looking the coin over at 12x for the better part of 10...
You're right about my scan! I bought a really nice scanner with the hope of getting great results on coins... it's really, really bad for them....
That is part of my question I guess... HOW do you install the coin?
I asked my local coin dealer (to whom I have much respect) to send this coin to PCGS. I enjoy sending in a few coins a years "just to see what...
I bought a handful of these to store my Silver Eagles... Don't laugh, but do they just "snap" together? It seems that way.. and boy-o-boy are...
I guess I don't remember serial number being the same... tried to search but couldn't find this.
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