I think the older NGC slabs look rather nice with larger ($20) gold coins, and toned (S$1) size silver coins. The color contrast along with the...
@spirityoda so sorry for your loss. My mom passed away this year as well. Your family is in my thoughts.
Here's a new acquisition for my Hungarian krajczár set (with seller photos). This side collection to my Hungarian types is a full set of the...
I've owned some world ICG slabs. They were graded correctly, but I bought the coin and not the slab. Any that I kept for my personal sets got...
NGC has one, at least on Android. It's just called NGC.
World coins are very much alive. The world markets have been correcting upwards for some time. US coins are overvalued right now. Also, we don't...
Custom sets still use their old system. The easiest way is to register all your coins first. Then use the wizard to create a new custom set using...
The mint hires an unscrupulous employee that fabricates an error coin. The hiring is a mistake made by the mint in the course of regular...
Definitely not shears. The cut is too precise and doesn't show the right type of metal displacement on the cuts. This looks like it got caught in...
Use the NGC app to scan your coins. It walks you through the process of adding it to your collection and to any applicable sets.
Really nice double strike!
I don't hate PCGS. I am a member and submit to them regularly. In fact, I replied earlier with a post about how their world medals service is...
Repair doesn't make a coin problem free. It is appropriate only where the eye appeal can be improved through repair. But a repair leaves its mark...
I found it's easier IF you use their app and scan your coins. Then it walks you through adding them to any applicable sets automatically.
The reason is if the coin is not graded properly to begin with. I never do cross at any, however, if I'm looking at a PCGS coin that is a 64 and...
Lots of assumptions I see. My last submission at Whitman was 154 world coins to NGC and 5 world medals to PCGS. That's fairly typical volume for...
I said "might be". You can disagree with that, but the dozens of world coins I've crossed to NGC that have downgraded (and I agree with the new...
PCGS grading standards for world coins are a lot looser than NGC, so it wouldn't be a fair comparison. A PCGS MS66 for world might be an NGC...
Notice they only are allowing them for US coins and not world coins. A good move. Nobody really questions PCGS grades for US coins.
They have an IT department that handles this. Plus overhead, including handling customer service issues, and don't forget the slab photography and...
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