Buy the MS 69 one
If you look at http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3552450-010 the clump is completely broken. I guess further...
Interesting. Those are clearly different dies. The clump of bamboo at 5 o'clock is broken in the bald ear variety and attached in the normal...
IIRC, NGC and PCGS both use 5x magnification when grading.
$275 for the 92 right now.
Your 92 large date is the most valuable at first glance.
Oh, that. If you submit coins early in the minting year, you can get the "Early release" label. I think you can get the label with the panda on...
What do you mean?
The different grading companies have different amounts of trust associated with them, hence different prices. ICG and ANACS are pretty much...
Seems like they both failed.
Are you sure it's not a GuangZhou expo panda?
As recently as 5 years ago, patterns were still floating around the market from time to time. Who knows, some naive seller may put one up for sale...
I'm currently going through the specimens in the CC. There are over 500 though, so it'll take a little while. *So far* it looks like small D is...
I'll get to working on the coin compendium specimens. That will (eventually) give us some population estimates.
Wow
Worth the $7 or whatever difference though?
Counterstamped means it's been damaged by some non-official person. Here's the relevant text from NGC: COUNTERMARKED coins have had a figure or...
I'd go with the 69. If you are buying for investment purposes, grades matter. 70s will outperform 69s, and 69s will outperform 68s. If you are...
The more I think about this, the more I like it assuming you actually keep some holdings in BTC. So count me in for people willing to trade...
A lot of mint sealed coins aren't sealed very well, which lead to gaps like the one you are talking about. The biggest issue when that happens is...
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