Careful y'all.... This thread is intended to discuss famous numismatists responses to a contemporary issue. The responses to this thread are...
The original die contained a D, correct? Over time, the die wore down to the point where the D was no longer visible. That, by definition, is...
Why do you love the counterstamp? Especially since you know nothing about it! If it were a famous counterstamp with a known meaning, or ties to a...
Allow me to amend your statement: "These coins are marketed." That, plain and simple, is why they are included in the Red Book. That is why they...
The adjectival grades aren't used as often any more, but they were once quite common. In some places, "Brilliant Uncirculated" was a step up from...
Oh, wow, that is a beautiful piece of crusty old orange gold. Gorgeous.
Over and over again, every single professional grader will tell you, not a single one of them wears gloves. Doesn't matter NGC, PCGS, ICG, ANACS -...
Yes. That is *precisely* what happened. Sometimes, an AU-58 is a really premium example and deserves a higher price. So it gets bumped to a higher...
Yeah, I know its tough to tell a friend they've got a fake. Especially when they're excited about it and convinced that it's going to be really...
I do like crude pieces, I think they have a certain innate charm. I especially like the crude engraved details, such as all the extra bits on the...
I cringed when I read this.
My rebuttal to you would be - many of us don't consider that a variety. I'd call that a late die state. Some late die states may have excessive...
Color is good, and if its a 64 then it is very probably from the Bank of New York. I personally would have passed on this one because of the...
Hahahaha. HahaHAHAha ha ha. Mountain man, with your experience around here, this is a joke, right? You aren't actually questioning if these...
The most clear analogy is to relate this to your level of experience. For example, when you were in elementary school, you were taught that...
Black areas may be caused by a few things. PVC, when it is *very* thick and very old, may be black or brown. There may have been some sort of...
Much more likely, a substance was applied to the one side of that coin. To me, there's a big difference between your example and the ones in the...
I'll bet Publius2 paid an MS-62 price for his AU-58 coin. Does that seem like a compliment? Phrased from the other point of reference, it might...
Think about the motion you make when scrubbing a pan. Most of us scrub several times back and forth in the same direction. Very few people take...
I'm still not convinced those marks are from cleaning. They just don't feel like it, to me. Gold is a very soft metal, so almost any friction...
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