I don't think PCGS made a mistake with that coin, but I do think the buyer did.
58/63/64
There's nothing wrong with your understanding of the hobby. There's something wrong with those who don't want to understand the hobby.
You may not like being told this, but Pickin and Grinin happens to be an experienced collector. If you want to know what something is worth, but...
Very cool. @Julius Germanicus , did you have to customize the blocks a little to get the pie-shaped sections to interlock?
I don't recognize this as an error type. Definitely interesting . . .
Clarity was not the problem. I feel the coin possesses the requisite detail for a grade of F12.
I view this differently. Assigning a description of Fine Details establishes the value of a problem-free coin, from which a lesser value may be...
Very nice job lining up those 2 images for comparison, Books.
I predict that, after all of the collectors of ASE, AGE, modern commems and state quarters tire of the mundane-ness (real word?) of those...
All dies I have seen are largely flat-faced, and only depart from that plane near the very edge of the dies. I personally am convinced that the...
I take it back . . . I found a few sets of photos of die trials of Washington quarters, and one of them shows the motto disappearing just like the...
Contrary to what most likely think, and possibly even contrary to what the holder says, I believe this is a strike through grease. Why would one...
Packaging?
It depends . . . if step 4 is complete where it appears bridged in the unfocused image, the coin may be 5 1/4 steps, although the coin is most...
There's so little difference between prices for different grades on this date that, if you like the coin, you can hardly go wrong.
This rehashed topic fatigues me . . .
Yup . . . likin' that.
That's probably a bubble of gas trapped in the planchet.
Let's be more serious than that. The air has to come out of the ASE / AGE / moderns bag sooner or later, and when it does, what's left? The...
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