You completely missed the point. There is no way to know exactly, and you are perfectly aware of that. But you certainly had fun trying to evade...
What you are arguing is semantics. Does it matter? If so, why? If I just said “here are a couple fake slabs, watch out”, not a lot of people are...
How many counterfeit Morgan dollars are out there? I would love to know
I gave you numbers. Much of it is an unknown at this time, especially since the fake slabs can be homemade using kits from China.
I guess you ignored the explicit numbers I gave you. It’s not worth my time to respond if you are not going to read what I say. 15 years ago, the...
Weak strike typical for the variety. Gut feel was 53, but she has enough luster for 55.
There is a tool on the Coin Community Forum that will allow you to look up eBay images even after the listings have been purged from eBay. There...
If you saw them everyday, then you might think otherwise. There are well over 1000 known compromised slab certs based off past searches of...
Again, this shows the vital importance of having the image to show they are not the same coin. This is very helpful for collectors/dealers not...
That phrase simply means that the serial number is known to be compromised and that the holder you have could be counterfeit. But it could also be...
“If the grade determined under such "Guarantee Resubmission" procedures is lower than the grade originally assigned to the coin, or if the coin is...
hmmmmmm. Totally not the first time they have ignored their publicly-posted standards.
The difference between the coin’s “value” and what PCGS offered in compensation was only $100. I don’t know how much that is in comparison to the...
Give it a year. That’s about how long it took for the gold Kennedys to drop to a modest premium over melt
Maybe in early copper attributions, but on a whole it is a very VERY small percentage. 0.01% or less is very arguable
Great info. Thank you!!!
You raise an extremely important point that I did not consider; so important that I may ask @GDJMSP to put add it to my list of mitigation...
That is actually a pretty common attribute on 1870’s seated halves. Several 1877 S half obverse dies have this as well [ATTACH]
It is worth saying that if you buy from a major coin auction house or very knowledgeable dealer, you chances of getting a fake slab are very slim...
The relief looks roughly what it is supposed to be except around HALF DOL. The feathers aren’t as sharp. But we are trying to judge a 3-D profile...
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