MarkFeld

Thank you and in reality, the vest is usually close to the chest. 😉

Why don't you tell us who those "commentators" were? And how they were "playing things close to the chest" (instead of "vest") and feeding "insufficient information with an eyedropper and otherwise try to avoid being transparent"?

Why do you refer to “silently net graded”? If the grade is due to the flaws that seem apparent in the image, I don’t see anything “silent” about the grade and if this coin is silently net graded, what coin isn't?

It looks as if there are hairlines/signs of contact on the neck, cheek and cap, so I’ll guess MS63.

Welcome to the forum. it definitely looks cleaned. And maybe it’s just due to the images, but of questionable authenticity, too. Can you post images of the reverse?

I believe that whatever limited upside you’d have in doing that would be offset by the downside of the “mail person” (and possibly other patrons) seeing that you’re shipping coins of value. But to each his own.

And you’d have no proof regarding the contents.

There are many complaints about those options, as well.

Even if the package had been sent by registered mail, there wouldn’t have been any updates while it was stuck at a given location. And the sender might have been nervous until he knew it had been delivered.

You complained about his posts and now you’re egging him on.

Very glad it turned out well and enjoy the game.

As mentioned by RWB, the coin was not made that way at the Mint - it is just badly damaged.

I don’t know or care what the zip code is or whether you believe me. Years ago, I was there and saw it.

I’m not sure what your point was, but they have their own post office.

If you already posted it, I didn’t see it - did you call NGC? They could at least tell you about their current situation with receiving and signing for packages, backlogs, procedures, etc.

I can understand your concern. That said, during the past several months, delays of the type you’re experiencing have not been particularly rare. And at this point, there’s nothing to indicate that you’re out $4000 plus insurance.

My experience has been that sellers are extremely unlikely to sell an NGC or PCGS graded coin for a price commensurate with the next grade down. And even if the coin appears to be over-graded, I can’t blame them. Because there is almost always someone who will be swayed enough by the assigned grade, to be willing to pay a price largely based upon that grade. Exceptions would be coins that have only minimal differences in value between the assigned grade and the next grade lower.

You're most welcome and steering committees certainly have their place. Enjoy your collecting.

It's obviously been dipped, but appears to still have have decent or better luster. Liberty's face looks as if it might have more chatter than I'd be OK with at that grade. And of course, the price might make a huge difference, one way or the other, as well.

I realize it’s much easier said than sone, but I wouldn’t worry.

What is the specific message you’re getting from the post office? And have you checked to make sure you used the correct address? For future reference, I believe that registered-insured would have been a less costly shipping method.

All of those. We pick up some collections and others are either shipped or delivered to our offices or to us at shows.

They hardly ever tell me. In a small number of instances, they say the coins have been in the family for generations. And in most of those cases, it couldn’t be true, because they are modern counterfeits.

While I’ve seen some sites that show some counterfeits, none come to mind that include most of them. However, you can often see counterfeits listed for sale on EBay and there are commercial websites that sell them in quantity. I receive inquiries about counterfeits just about every week - sometimes multiple times in a week.

It looks better than some counterfeits and worse than others. It’s certainly nothing special as counterfeits go and there are more than enough others out there. Please don’t confuse things by referring to “genuine counterfeits”. All counterfeits could be considered “genuine counterfeits”. After all, what would a non-genuine counterfeit be? A real coin? The most valuable teaching tool is learning what genuine examples look like. That can be done by carefully examining genuine professionally graded examples and/or pictures of them on line. There are countless opportunities to do that. There’s nothing special about this counterfeit. They are readily available in quantity.