That's fraud. The whole point of the sealed capsule is the coin and a professional opinion are inseparable. If anyone could crack open a slab...
Two things jump out : 1) A reeded edge. I thought these coins had a lettered edge HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT. 2) The fingerprints of the...
That's a nice coin, Johnny. I'm not sayin' that just to be nice. 1912 is known for some lack-luster $2.5s. Hard to tell from a photo, but it...
Since there was some concensus at VG8, CQR says that's a $3000 coin. F12 goes for $5000.
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:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: All in favor ? AYE :loud: :headbang: All opposed ? <silence>
Go ahead, feel free ! Just pour it right on there. Then put it in a potato, bake it, and you get the most fabulous rainbow toning ! :rolleyes: :mouth:
"Everything" includes salaries of people employed in the industry who are not numismatists i.e. clerical help, people answering the phones,...
The auction area would be much more high-risk as far as causing problems *-and-* dragging CT into the inevitable controversies. The Classifieds...
I'm sure that's all very reasonable. Care to present your rationale as to how you came to these conclusions ? It's educational for the group. And...
PCGS AU50. Not too shabby.
Great opportunity for another learning curve. Compare the three S-9s on this thread and present evidence for each coin's die state. I'll start :...
So true ! Why, Doug's coin... well, it has a little micro-gash at K-9 obverse. I can't believe he would post such a doggie coin. Frankly, I'm...
Owned, at one time, by a certain Mr. Husak, I presume ? :bow:
Time for a protest march.
Larry, Moe, and Curly ? Hey ! How come they aren't on a commemorative ??!?!? Why, I'm outraged ! Outraged, I say !!!
It might also lead people with wrong motives to come in here and fill up threads with meaningless drivel just to get their post count up. Hey...
I vote "both". I have a higher trust in the average CTer than the world at large. There are many here I can trust. I do have one concern,...
Thanks for the CC gold ! :thumb: Next I suppose you're gonna throw down some "C" gold... and really show us up, huh ??!?!? ;)
Yes, there is something wrong with your camera. It keeps putting big black smudges where the certificate number should be ! :D
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