PGM: ASM 300 and ASM 98

[Steph C-migration]

Hi

I'm new here (and also fairly new to comic collecting) and was wondering if you would be kind enough to grade these 2 ASM 300 I have and also an ASM 98 I have.

 

ASM 300:

Front: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/stephscomics/ASM%20Volume%201/300front1.jpg

Back: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/stephscomics/ASM%20Volume%201/300back1.jpg

 

Front: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/stephscomics/ASM%20Volume%201/300front2.jpg

Back: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/stephscomics/ASM%20Volume%201/300back2.jpg

 

ASM 98:

Front: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/stephscomics/ASM%20Volume%201/ASM98Front.jpg

Back: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/stephscomics/ASM%20Volume%201/ASM98Back.jpg

 

BTW, if you notice a kind of dark spot on the top right of the photos its from the camera, not on the comics.

 

Thanks alot

[Anfield Fox]

Hi Steph, welcome to the boards!

 

I would say that the two ASM 300's are 8.5. Their really sharp but the top right corner damage on the back lets them down. Fortunately it's on the back and not the front of the book

 

The ASM 98 i would grade a 7.5. However is it some kind of reprint or give-away? I ask because it doesn't have a price on it

[Steph C-migration]

I think the "1/-" is the price.....it's old English money. I think 1/- means it was 1 Shilling.

I couldn't be certain on that, but i'm pretty sure thats what it is.

[Anfield Fox]

Yeah your right. Never seen that before. I thought it was always "d" on our old comics. Below from Wikpeida:

 

The old one shilling ("1/-") and two shillings ("2/-", florin) coins were equivalent in value to 5p and 10p respectively, and as such these coins remained valid within the decimal system until the 5p and 10p coins were each later replaced with smaller versions in the early 1990s.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_currency#Before_sterling