I couldn't agree more, Conder, and I am waiting to see Doug's reply as he's taken me to the woodshed on more than one occasion on this very subject.
but some may be true for apple a and not true for apple b. How then do you answer your question?
I'm not making snide remarks, but rather trying to point out to you that the answer is not that simple. Neither of the above is true in every...
here's the best advice that I can give: 1) find a series that you want to collect 2) study the series and learn how to grade them 3) make...
I think that this summary completely misses the mark and the point.
VF 35
look at the long tail on the 7
How would the program market grade coins? Because the TPGs don't technically grade them, they market grade them.
is a dog better than a cat? The reason I ask is because the answer is the same. They are two different animals entirely. Proof cons are proof...
I think the rim ding could have happened during the minting process as it appears to have a die crack in that same area. I agree with you, Doug....
The reason that the Morgans were sold off in the GSA sales is that the silver value had exceeded the face value and the government saw the...
totally disagree... yes, Kurt... it is a medium and primarily used for social purposes. And to prove it... where do many Americans get their news...
you're missing my point. those heat maps will help you determine where to look for points of low strike and help you determine the depth of...
the demand is easy to induce... simply stop printing $1 bills done and done
not to play devil's advocate here, but one thing absent from all of the calculations is the number of resubmissions.
There is a great book called "Making The Grade" published by Coin World which includes maps of each US coin series. The maps show where the first...
grades above MS-65 are less defined by marks (or lack thereof), but by completeness of strike and in comparison to other coins of the same date...
But the proofs were made in Philadelphia, not Denver.
I agree as well. The coin grades in the MS-65 or 66 range.
aluminum...scrapped??? You didn't just make the worst pun in numismatic history, did you???
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