The surface residue. I remember examining them as seeing the stuff on the surface and to me it looked mighty suspicious. Do you have any varied...
Too bad NY gave up on capital punishment, it would be too good for the creeps who did this. Fortunately CT will be offing a crook soon for a...
Paranoia goes with the territory in this hobby, but tempered by common sense, you won't have to spend $$$ on shrinks and security-related options....
I don't know if the rules here prevent the posting of doctored coins; there is quite a range from the badly done jobs to the exquisitely done...
Details graded coins unless they are really rare are worth a lot less. I did look at that very coin and it is cleaned, cleaned, cleaned, from...
I think the issue is trading items that the dealer knows are overpriced, or problem coins. It raises the question of what should be done with...
I would point to these citations in the code of ethics: 8. To grade coins accurately to the best of my ability and in accordance with recognized...
I checked my latest copy of "The Numismatist" and it looks like only one person was given the boot this month, a person who had been convicted of...
The only way to get the lowest price is to go to a coin show and make a deal with cash, etc., or have a dealer you have a good business...
Von Nothaus was asking for trouble with his Liberty Dollars; I do not feel bad for him. There are so many types of bullion out there that are...
"Dealer's cost" should mean what it says, what the items actually and verifiably cost the dealer, it may include shipping on the invoice, so it is...
For years I have seen dealers trading and trafficking in coins holdered by questionable grading services such as Accugrade, NNC and Numistrust;...
So what is the enforcement procedure with the doctoring of coins? A submitter is found to be sending in coins for grading to PCGS or NGC...
Its a good story in the area of money, US history, the law, jurisdictions, and common sense. I hope that the Landbords get something in the end...
Thanks for the response. There are buyers available of smaller quantities, like the fellow at the flea market. My concern is that those who have...
I've been reading Q. David Bowers' book on $20s. He said about the same thing. At the shows it is very hard to find nice material, or...
I may luck out with the Saint. It was not that deep though it extended a fair distance on the edge of the coin. It is also not a recent scratch...
So dealers get banned from submitting coins to the two major TPGs and from the ANA. It must be a difficult position to be in when you go to coin...
It's hard to figure value when dealing with whizzed or damaged coins. The question is always going to be how collectable a coin is? Does the...
I just had an 1836 bust half dollar come back from PCGS as "surface smoothed", I thought it had been whizzed. This is a new one on me.
Separate names with a comma.
