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About 1953/4. Cents, nickels, dimes in Whitman folders. Ruined a lot of coins. (View Post)

These bricks make a nice remembrance. Outside of the WWII Museum in NOLA. My dad served in the Pacific as the engineering officer on a destroyer - he’s in the middle. Looking at all the bricks is a m… (View Post)

It may be that a coin with very extensive chop marks should just be labled “chopmarked genuine” if the surface is seriously obscured. I’ve seen a few that would certainly be a challenge. (View Post)

The word ‘details” doesn’t bother me, but I’ve been at this a long time. I believe new collectors are accustomed to shy away from coins that have a details grade, or are graded only as genuine. We’re… (View Post)

To confuse things a little more consider the Dexter 1804 dollar. I think I’ll just throw up my hands, leave all this to the TPG’s, and look for arbitrage opportunities among details-graded coins. (View Post)