Greetings to all numismatic collectors. The following is a few points on grading your own material. US coins cover the time period from 1793 to present day coinage of the NEW Jefferson nickel. Every coin...
GRADING AND AUTHENTICITY, RARITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VALUE (PART 2) By Neil S. Berman Superior Galleries of Beverly Hills Consistency of Grading When the two major grading services started grading coins...
I am often asked this one question that I believe is the key to any collector......I love to collect coins, but it can be very expensive collecting all the different types of coins. Any advice on "how to...
GRADING AND AUTHENTICITY, RARITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VALUE (PART 1)By Neil S. Berman Superior Galleries of Beverly Hills Grading We have consistently stressed the critical importance of rarity and quality...
Courtesy of Heritage Galleries Auctioneers, Dallas, Texas. By Jim Halperin Over these past fifteen years, third-party grading has become an integral part of our hobby, and might remain so for the rest of this...
Another bit of knowledge i have borrowed from peacedollarguy. Knowledge is to be shared and that is what I am doing. Have you noticed that a coin graded by one grading service as MS65 will sell for a...
Coin collecting in the unscrupulous world of coins, and dealer fraud. First there are a few things you should know. eBay is an auction house community, and All sellers, are not created equal. Some coin sellers...
As professional numismatists, we find it disturbing that there are many dealers in the community that reference the PCGS price guide for coins NOT graded by PCGS or even "raw" coins for that matter. The PCGS...
When coins are graded by organizations such as the NGC or the PGCS, they are assigned a numeric value on the Sheldon Scale. The Sheldon Scale ranges from a grade of Poor (P-1) to Perfect Mint State (MS-70.)...
I joined Big Crumbs a couple months ago, and it is truly a great website. If you are going to buy something on Ebay, you just click through their link to get to Ebay and bid away. 5 days later, you will see...
