Don't believe that any more than the smallest fraction of collectors give a hoot whether the coin they're contemplating is in a Registry set or...
We disagree only in semantics, which is a very good thing because not all words hit all people the same way. :) There is definite value added in...
The relevant census doesn't indicate any major gap in rarity between the two anyways. That said, given the choice I'll always want the latest die...
Strong coin. You did well, for venturing outside your comfort zone. :)
It's better put "a slab should not increase a coin's value," but in many cases it does simply because of buyers who won't purchase a raw coin. Me,...
If you cannot trust your own skills to authenticate and grade that low-feedback seller's coin, you walk away and/or pay the extra for the graded...
I want to believe it's postmint - a light strike would not have sufficient force to "smear" the metal like that since the planchet is correctly...
Yeah, all of that. :) I don't know how well the scratches would blend after restoration, nor if those two large patches on the obverse (front of...
I can guarantee you it'd be one subforum I never entered. :)
I hadn't heard that, but it makes intuitive sense.
I'd consider the scratches a dealbreaker of a turnoff, and almost certainly grounds for a Details grade, as is the patch of unnatural color on the...
Talk about unintended fallout. I have Books on Ignore, so I didn't see what you were quoting, and darned near put you on ignore as a result. :)
There's a consistent track record over time of post-truth reality here, and I've no hope of educating the OP, merely preventing others from...
That only makes sense if you can't grade for yourself, at which point you don't need to pay anyone to tell you what it grades. And in numismatics,...
Honestly, if you presented me with 7,000 Morgans to attribute I'd just bluescreen. :)
How are you inferring a mint mark location from that? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
How long did you try the acetone? For hardened glue, the first soak should be 24 uninterrupted hours, and it probably won't be the last one that long.
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Well, when the accuser doesn't even know where the mint mark is located on the coin, it would seem counterproductive to litigate. Let him make the...
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