I can kind of relate to this. Since the "new ANACS" started I've submitted three orders to them. Order #1: 2-Day Express with faxing of grades...
Yep, that's the one. Too much wear and a few rim problems for that one to make me want to spend a couple thousand.
Nope. It was in a Rauch auction earlier this month.
I passed on a 3T that recently sold for around $2200 in a European auction. I wasn't too thrilled with the condition. It looked like a VF35/EF40....
Not at that price. These minors can be found in unc with some regularity. This coin also has some minor porosity which kills it for me.
It's listed in the Davenport & Krause as Teutonic Order. Also, Krause shows two coins minted in 1801 under the Teutonic Order.
I'm working on a denomination set (1/4T, 1/2T, 1T, 2T, 3T, & 4T) of this design. I still need the 3T & 4T which don't come up for sale often and...
The certs have pictures of both sides of the coin. You could easily compare the coin to the pictures to see if it matched.
I've never heard the ANACS grading it story, but it is possible. However, those old certs don't hold much weight anymore. I've owned several coins...
It's German from Nurnberg (it says Norimberg on it). It's a 15 Kreuzer (K XV on the obverse). Krause lists it as KM #60 (page 641 in the newest...
Actually, ICG does not allow you to collect coins they grade if you are a grader. I believe NGC does. I think PCGS does also. What they really...
It’s a mixture of ease and insurance. I will not keep a coin like this in a flip. I’d need to get a holder for it and given it’s shape, I’d...
The Albanian piece is wonderful. I've been trying for a while to buy a GEM example, but have been unsuccessful. Even though I've bid strong money,...
But you're wrong about no one other than Americans caring about slabbed grades. I sell quite a bit of slabbed foreign and many go back to their...
Just got this back from NGC. It's a 1701 Austria (Hall) Taler featuring Leopold the Hogmouth. It's got wonderful green, blue, and gold toning on...
It can help darken awful looking toned coins, but they will still look unnatural. Few would be fooled by it. There are better ways to darken...
I'm not sure how it worked last year, but currently NGC requires a minimum of 500 Silver Eagles submitted in order to get the First Strike label....
I broke up WELL over 100 sets to submit for grading. The coins that came back raw since they did not meet my minimum grade, I spent those. Also,...
You're not taking into account how the bulk submission process works or the fact that you're looking at First Strike label coins. This makes a big...
I showed it to an ancient coin deler and he said one is the mint master and the other the person on the coin.
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