What you just described is, by all accounts, the very definition of Value-Grading or Market-Grading. When a coin does not satisfy the...
Agreed . . . the coin looks "Value-Graded" to me.
Dealers only become irrelevant when you can find everything you want, when you want it, for no more than you are willing to pay, and for no more...
As an inexperienced eBayer, and possibly lacking common courtesy as well, he may not realize he should have corresponded with you. I would follow...
Nice to see your persistence pay off.
Sorry, but that doubling just doesn't do it for me . . . it's for real . . . just not substantial enough to have staying power in the marketplace.
Sc Scratch-resistant, yes. Scratch-free . . . not a chance.
Very sound reasoning.
Yeah, I still keep much better photos of the coin on hand from before I submitted it (the others too - If I see any of those coins, I'll have the...
Stolen in a 2009 burglary . . . formerly PCGS Cert 14206027. [IMG]
Replies to the OP's questions . . . It's a big coin for a newbie like me, and I don't have the cash, but I thought, "Hey, it doesn't hurt to...
No, I don't think the graders even know the coins they are looking at have been submitted for Secure service.
MS64+
Edited to MS64 from 65 . . . missed some marks in haste
MS64
I'm not old enough to have bought anything from the Mint which I considered a good value . . . and I'm in my middle 50's, after starting to...
Apparently, there's just no accounting for how emotions and crowd pshycology play into the swings of the metals market . . . I'm shocked!
Excellent dealer . . . look up Harry at http://www.millersmint.com .
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