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Re: SLABS ARE THE WORST THING IN NUMISMATICS TO COME OUT!!
IMO, slabbing will gut this hobby of all the folks who want to just "collect". IMO, slabbing has added speculation to the pioint of making this hobby virtually unapproachable to the new guy or for that matter, anyone who has decided to re strt collecting after a hiatus of sorts. Grading has been descibed to me on this… -
NEWPs - Ancient Texas, German States, GB, Sweden?
I had a very bad week last week, everything I wanted to bid on got out of my price range in a hurry. I've had much better luck this week though. The first piece here didn't sell in the Heritage weekly so I made an offer on it and was accepted today, the rest went extremely cheap in todays Stacks sale, not the highest… -
FS: A few GSA Morgans and other things
Buyer can take all [GSA morgans] for SOLD! as a package deal Shipped. Boxes are not perfect, torn, one is complete and not torn at the lid. Includes COA cards. 1882-CC Rev PL qualities Ungraded, estimate to be a 62 o /65 r - 1883-CC DMPL Ungraded, estimate to be a 63 o/64 r - New Vam? Starbursts at eagle wings and a die… -
Re: What do you think of this Saint?
jmj3esq Expert Collector Too bad TDN beat me to you. Learn to read THEN rant. You don't know Saints and I'll give you an example. You say "The mark an the reverse makes this coin a MS66 and not better." Now that's ridiculous as a statement of fact. A coin, any coin, is graded on OVERALL appearance and I've seen wonderful… -
New Trade: A Roman and Sicilian
I traded a coin for these two. The first may have just become my favorite ancient coin. It's 8mm in diameter yet when I saw it in hand, the decision was immediate. It truly illustrates the skill involved with die making for such small coinage considering we are looking at 2500 years or so since it was minted. The Roman has… -
baseball for trade
99 topps trad.sean burroughs gem 10 1985 modesto A's Mcgwire #17 fga 10 non graded-87 topps trad fred mcgriff 92 bowman manny ramirez foil #676 90 topps frank thomas #414 60 topps jim kaat rc.#136 92 leaf gold pedro martinez #bc3 99 ud jd drew #10 77 dave winfield # 390 87 tt greg maddux 02 ud piece of history jeter #37 99… -
Re: Grandmother's estate
... which is why you really ought to study coins before buying, & learn to make decisions for yourself. if you think about it, isn't the point of slabs to get someone's "trust"? so is selling slabs a "scam"? not trying to argue for the point of arguing, but just trying to point out that short of a dealer tossing his coins… -
Re: 100 point grading system now confirmed will not be used at PCGS. See top of all posts with details.
* Everyone hates change * It's not the world's most complicated change * Many people collect more than just U.S. coins. If you collect ancients, for example, the scale is 100 years old with just VG, F, VF, XF, AU (a recent add) and MS, no numbers. Some people still use FDC rather than MS. NGC uses a 5 point scale for… -
Re: Hallmark Coin Grading Service?
Yes Mark I'm reading the thread, and my hope is to have the second edition out sometime this next year. I'm trying to hold the size of the book to the same number of pages, but there will be a lot more companies and varietes listed. I cut off the new additions with the introduction of the new ANACS slabs back in February,… -
Re: ~ Copper 4 The Weekend™ ~
<< <i>SELEUCID KINGS, ANTIOCHOS VIII 121-96 BC Obverse: NO LEGEND; Radiate head right Reverse: BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EPI-FANOU to left and right of eagle standing left on thunderbolt, sceptre over shoulder. Usually with date in exergue. Mint:Antioch Minted: Circa 192 BC Dia: 18 mm Wt: 4.23 gm Orient: 12/12 Ref: BMC 25-28;…
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