Free playbook
Don't hand over money on a coin you haven't checked.
formerly the Sharp Collector's Playbook
12 things to verify first — starting with why cleaning a coin can wipe out 90% of its value.
- What it's actually worth — and where to look it up
- How to not get lowballed by a dealer
- Grading, decoded (PCGS/NGC), without the jargon
- How to tell a real deal from a fair-looking one
Get the Playbook — free
- The 12 checks, in order, before you pay
- The 6 value drivers + grading decoded (PCGS/NGC)
- 8 copy-paste AI prompts to get you started
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The Playbook is yours now. Over the next four days I'll send the rest of the kit — one tool a day, nothing else. Tomorrow: the Grading Cheat Sheet, the one-pager that tells you what a coin's grade actually turns on before you pay for grading you don't need.
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