Glad to see the post wasn't to be taken seriously.
I think true collecting has plateaued, and is simply taking a respite. There are a lot of recent entrants into this market, some collectors, some...
Your coins?
That’s just damage.
Someone got very, very bored . . .
Both threads merged . . . posters to first thread can now vote.
Coupled with the good luster and strike, and the marks of a 63, the lack of originality tells me it's a MS62.
Both grading services go through cycles of one-ups-man-ship, which probably won't change until one of them no longer exists.
If it was Julian's shop, trust that what he leaves in his cases overnight is carefully chosen to serve a specific purpose.
Just imagine wiring a hot open circuit between a conductive floor mat and a tempting coin left in the case each evening and letting a greedy...
This coin looks acid treated to me. Not only are the struck details mushy, but so are many of the marks on the coin, which is what one should...
This coin is unhesitatingly, irrefutably and irrevocably as unique as I am alive . . . While it is completely worthless as a piece of defaced...
I need to find a way to combat this. I used to give buyers a 3% break if they paid me with a check or MO instead of PayPal. Now, I’m thinking of...
Yeah, those are what I call undeliverable items.
Very, VERY hard photos to read. Without seeing where the luster is and isn't, I am reluctant to hazard a guess, but will try to rationalize a...
With no obvious stress concentration at the elbow, the probably came off an over-hardened die. Consequently, there may well be some examples...
I’ll be there, but I don’t know my table number yet.
I would go so far as to distinguish between retail stores where you check out with unconsumed goods versus restaurants and filling stations where...
MS 71 . . . Is that a new and improved coin preservative?
This coin is not worn, and therefore is mint state. The struck detail is as poor as I’ve seen, although not uncommon, so I’ll attenuate my grade...
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