Blackdrone Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Hello! Anyone can write me the PCGS conditions? AU55 or AU58 the better? Can you give me the list from the conditions? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopeikin Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Hello! Anyone can write me the PCGS conditions? AU55 or AU58 the better? Can you give me the list from the conditions? Thank you! Blackdrone, Here is the link to the coin grading article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_grading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdrone Posted May 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Blackdrone, Here is the link to the coin grading article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_grading Nice, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdrone Posted May 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 And what's mean the Y-59.3 ?? So i was bought this coin: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT It's ok? or too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 And what's mean the Y-59.3 ?? So i was bought this coin: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT It's ok? or too much? Y-59.3 is the number of this coin in the Standard Catalog of World Coins. You should probably buy this catalog. AU58 is better than AU55. Read more about PCGS grading on their site: http://www.pcgs.com/lingo.chtml?universeid=313&letter=0 $900 seems to be a fair price for your coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 Y-59.3 is the number of this coin in the Standard Catalog of World Coins. Krause-Mishler - Standard Catalog of World Coins. You should probably buy this catalog. Yes, for most world coins it is THE standard. However, there are many mistakes, especially in the Russian section, almost no varieties except for major ones, and the prices are hopelessly out of date. There is no single reference available today, IMHO, which has been able to keep up with the skyrocketing prices in the Russian market since about 2002 when the Bitkin reference was published. Bitkin is probably the most complete Russian coin reference for the imperial period, it includes most varieties (although a few are not listed because they were discovered later) and has pricing data which was fairly accurate AT THE TIME it was published. Uzdenikov has more background information, a decent rarity scale, but no prices. The combination of Bitkin + Uzdenikov is unbeatable, although if you want to specialize in copper coins you will also need Brekke (and the supplements). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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