Okay, what specifically did your friends say was the reason why your coin shouldn't get full steps? How well versed are your friends in grading...
It is important to remember that PCGS only requires 5 full steps for the FS designation, whereas NGC differentiates between 5FS and 6FS. Most...
Homemade means I submitted it, and the marks look bigger in photos. The coin is a 66/67, they tend to be generous when grading error coins since...
That is a "homemade" btw. [IMG] [IMG] And almost full steps as well.
Nickels drive me MAD!!! [IMG] [IMG]
War Nickels start with a W, and they don't get wilder than this. [img] [img]
A coin from an album I am breaking up and selling made its way into one of my many war nickel sets in Capital Plastics holders, a nice little...
Before I list this Jefferson Nickel, I want to make sure that I am describing it correctly. Is this an example of a "tapered planchet" and is it...
That is very cool, a stacker's delight.
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That would be my guess as well. He probably submitted rolls and didn't check all the coins for mintmarks.
I am at MS64, because if the coin was MS65 it would have been graded as such. This coin is from a bulk submission that didn't meet the minimum grade.
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It is absolutely real, and I have both bought and sold coins using their "make an offer" feature.
It is a really easy conversion for the uncirculated grades: NGCX grade x 10 -30.
I never submitted it, I just felt like it was too much of a long shot and that I would end up with a coin graded MS64 or tops MS65. I think the...
You hit the nail on the head, it is simply the small number of NGCX graded coins that makes it a challenge. Modern proofs are like widgets,...
I am actually working on an NGCX collection of proof Jefferson Nickels from 1982 to present. Modern proofs bore the heck out of me, so finding...
The "Pink Eye" Dollar: NGC MS64* Battlecreek [img]
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