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I purchase coins on the Internet portal Proxibid, monitoring all numismatic auction houses for my personal site, Proxiblog. I send raw coins for my set registry to PCGS. Ones returned to me as altered have distinct characteristics–the topic of this post. Whizzing constitutes numismatic malpractice. Coin doctors use of a high-speed drill with a brush-like [...]
Editor’s Note: Coingrader Capsule columnist Michael Bugeja published a commentary in the April 18 issue of Coin World questioning a PCGS policy banning “plus” designations at the Economy service level and an NGC policy banning CrossOver coins from all grading companies, except PCGS. He also followed up on that commentary, reporting for Coin Update News [...]
Earlier this year we posted a popular article titled, “Them Old Green Holders,” claiming they ain’t what they used to be. What about low mint state PCGS OGHs, as pictured here with the following grades: 1880-82, MS61, and 1880-S, 1882-S, 1883-O (MS61, all prooflike). I decided to submit these to PCGS because it rarely grades [...]
Editor’s Note: Coingrader Capsule occasionally runs series, such as “Crossover-, Under- and Out,” about submitting coins graded by one company to another company, either to enjoy a premium or to qualify the coin for set registries. Earlier we ran three posts about Certified Acceptance Corporation, a numismatic firm whose speciality is identifying high quality coins [...]
Editor’s Note: Coingrader Capsule occasionally runs series, such as “Crossover-, Under- and Out,” about submitting coins graded by one company to another company, either to enjoy a premium or to qualify the coin for set registries. Earlier we ran two posts about Certified Acceptance Corporation, a numismatic firm whose specialty is identifying high quality coins [...]
Editor’s Note: Coingrader Capsule occasionally runs series, such as “Crossover-, Under- and Out,” about submitting coins graded by one company to another company, either to enjoy a premium or to qualify the coin for set registries. Earlier we ran the first post about Certified Acceptance Corporation, a numismatic firm whose speciality is identifying high quality [...]
Editor’s Note: Coingrader Capsule occasionally runs series, such as “Crossover-, Under- and Out,” about submitting coins graded by one company to another company, either to enjoy a premium or to qualify the coin for set registries. This week we start a new series on coins stickered by Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC), a numismatic firm whose [...]
Editor’s Note: Coingrader Capsule columnist Michael Bugeja published a commentary in the April 18 issue of Coin World questioning a PCGS policy banning “plus” designations at the Economy service level and an NGC policy banning CrossOver coins from all grading companies, except PCGS. Each case is considered separately here for Coin Update readers with explanations [...]
Readers of Coingrader Capsule know that occasionally we cover online estate auctions, noting peculiarities of grading and bidding on Internet and advocating for clearer photos of obverse and reverse as well as fair policies that include reasonable buyer’s fees and return policies. One of the top houses perfecting those basics is Western Auction whose owner, [...]
[Sing to Old Gray Mare] Them Old Green Holders ain’t what they used to be, ain’t what they used to be, ain’t what they used to be. … Them Old Green Holders ain’t what they used to be, many long years ago. … We’re talking coins in old green PCGS holders–specifically, coins labeled MS66. In [...]
