Intentional or not, it made it through quality control. It could have been someone at the paper mill messing around. There’s no way it could...
My understanding is that sometime around the 1876-1877 timeframe, faith in US currency was fully restored. Silver and gold coins went back into...
Yes. We all know that even the good graders have their off days. But the scenario you are describing would be a disaster not only for the TPG,...
I don’t disagree with that at all. My point was regarding the scenarios described earlier with the quid pro quo’s. That takes things into...
Perhaps the reverse gouge is a lamination error?
That’s completely beside the point. People are paying TPG’s to render an expert, unbiased opinion. If that opinion is tainted by corrupt...
Is there a way to identify holders issued during this period? If actual quid pro quo’s were occurring, and an entire hoard was given the same...
Clipping was done frequently enough to seriously affect the integrity of the country’s currency. Hopefully murder isn’t being done that...
The ridges (edge reeding) don’t serve any functional purpose anymore. It wouldn’t make sense to clip or file metal from a clad quarter or dime....
What do you mean by “glaring inconsistencies”? Are there specific examples that you can recall within those Morgan’s? I know that with toners...
I’ve enjoyed following this thread. Previously my assumption has been that ICG graded coins trade for less due to the fact that they are...
The tooling on the Standing Liberty would be much more of a deal breaker for me than the over-aggressive cleaning on the Bar Copper. At least...
I upgraded my seated quarter from a weakly struck AU50 to this sharply struck PF61. Under normal daylight the hairlines aren’t that apparent. A...
I came back from my afternoon run today and anxiously looked in my mailbox for a coin I have been expecting. I was disappointed to find only a...
A crisis of confidence could cause one of them to fail. For example, evidence of corruption or major conflict of interest, potentially from a...
When looking at the one pictured in this thread I thought I saw the cardboard holders encased in the plastic slab along with the coins.
I can definitely see the added value of the set pictured here. If I was in the market for an early mint set in original packaging, this would be...
That is also true. Prior to trade dollars, I think seated dollars often went to China as well. But apart from the China trade a lot of gold...
I think we are overlooking the main use, or one of the main uses, of gold coins which was foreign trade. Domestically there was full faith and...
It is my understanding that starting in the late 1870’s, gold, silver and paper money traded at par. Gold dollars had a slight premium for gifts...
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