The place and the people to ask this would be directly to NGC. I've posted your question on their forum, and will let you know when I get an...
I think these fit into his "Greek" tradition, which he defined like this: "lumps of precious metal which were, at the end, marked to certify they...
This has been a very interesting thread. As a primarily US coin collector, the slabs make perfect sense to me - but I really understand where a...
This looks like a really nice display! My only concern is that these are coin-safe materials, as TIF is implying. But it looks sharp.
CAC maintains an internal record of rejected coins, but they do not make that information public.
Yes, 1352 in the Islamic calendar roughly corresponds to 1932 in the Western calendar. I'm not sure why you say "allegedly" it is made of...
Oh, absolutely agree. The survival rate (the percentage that survived) is going to vary widely for different issues, based on how they were...
Survival Estimate: a number, such as 10,000 pieces. This lets you know how many you think may be out there. Survival Rate: a percentage, such as...
Well, as promised I took these in-hand shots today. This is much closer to what the coin actually looks like - quite a bit of good luster, and...
"Survival Rate" does not mean "number of estimated surviving pieces" - it means "percentage of pieces minted which survived." The dime and the...
I don't really know what ICG graded it, but I know that I would grade it VG-8. I don't think there is enough feather detail in the cap for a 10,...
It looks more like WWP to me. I personally think these are worth less than an original piece, but many people go crazy for them. They don't do it...
Haha, I am indeed! This weekend, however, starts Charleston Restaurant Week. All the restaurants in town have crazy good deals and showcase their...
The problem with that theory is that, by the time of the great silver melts, the scarcity of the 1916 coins was already well understood. They...
As long as it stays the Kool factor and stays out of the Kool-Aid factor.
Gem Proof is an old-school term that meant it was a nice coin. Anything considered "Gem" under these descriptive grades would correlate to a...
Stolen by aliens. They drilled a hole to insert a listening and tracking device. They then plugged the hole. Please alert the FBI and CIA,...
Follow the instructions on this page. You want James Wiles: https://conecaonline.org/attribution-services/
When I started collecting seriously, the TPGs were already well established. (For reference, I was born in 1985, the TPG's were born in 1986). To...
I'm not entirely sure what your example is intended to display. However, it illustrates very clearly the differences between the OP's fake error...
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