If you negate shipping, the opening price is a good price. I'd easily be willing to pay that. Still, it seems every Tom, Dick, & Harry is opening up their own grading service.
I've heard of one guy who owns his own grading service, who grades his own coins and then sells them on eBay.
BTW the photo here needs the contrast fixed or a bit less light. Still from what I can see of both pieces they are WELL short of the MS-65 grade. Maybe there were two typos when they made out the labels.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
TCGS has been around for several years but is probably out of business now or will be shortly since the owners were, I believe, recently convicted on fraud charges.
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The Ludlow Brilliant Collection (1938-64)
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BTW the photo here needs the contrast fixed or a bit less light. Still from what I can see of both pieces they are WELL short of the MS-65 grade. Maybe there were two typos when they made out the labels.