My opinion of the OP coin is that it is an AU piece that has been lightly cleaned. I don't know that it would get a straight grade. Here is the...
You can see why I made my "I refuse to carry their water" comment. They invited me to their FUN luncheon for years. Then they cut me off their...
Translating these coins is a lot tougher than the Latin. I bought this piece because my Lucius Verus Roman coin is ugly. I was looking for...
Like I said, you and I can agree to disagree. I am far more interested in coins and the hobby than in carrying PCGS' water. If you have stock in...
[ATTACH] Obverse : AYTOKP OYHPOC CABACTOC Reverse: YΠATOC On my Roman / western empire pieces, I have been able to use my reference books or...
It is interesting to note that PCGS has "Poofed" this entire topic on their blog. That goes beyond freezing it.
That is your opinion, and we shall agree to disagree. One of the things that has made NGC better through the years is a more friendly attitude...
Why? Isn't the idea to assemble the best collection rather than push slab brands?
I think that are already doing that, or at least it's an option. I built a large group of NGC registry sets mostly educate other collectors. I...
I voted for the "O" because I don't like the smooth area with a different color around it. I knew that the "D" was on a 1932-D quarter. It's an...
It's one of those coins when it's hard to tell where the strike ends and the wear begins. It's at least an AU-58. It might be MS-62 if the marks...
It's a bigger boost for CAC than anything else. The services are becoming more and more subservient to it all the time, while CAC is helping them...
MS-63+. There is little too much clatter in the right obverse field to make it MS-64.
I think that this is NGC's effort to catch up with PCGS. The PCGS-CAC certification has long been "the gold standard" for the CAC minions. The...
Since some of you think that this 1829 large cent in the OP is genuine, would you care to show me where the raised knobs of metal are on the Mint...
This is the way the Chinese operate now. They copy lower grade, fairly common coins that most collectors would not think are worth their while....
Look at the fields around “ICA” in “AMERICA.” There are many of them there. There are others in the fields, but I saw those first.
Raised dots have been a marker for cast copy or transfer dies for many years.
The original surfaces on your coin have been stripped. You have admitted that. Once you get a "details grade," the sharpness grade is less...
Using the grading services is great for a dealer who as access to many raw coins. As a dealer you can make a lot of money that way. It's less...
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