The Secret Service doesn't enforce or have jurisdiction on this kind of stuff - the FTC does under the HPA (Hobby Protection Act). Which has been...
Mike, probably 95% or more of the world gold coins I'm talking about and their value/price increases, have little to nothing to do with the spot...
Yeah, and then pigs started flying ! It seems that now there's herds of 'em flying !!! :wideyed:
More than a few of them, if not most, were over a $1,000 back then. People that bought coins during the peak of '89 spike, today those coins are...
I'm not really tracking or following any specific coins per se. There was a time when I used to do that, but I don't do it anymore, and I haven't...
I can't speak for the world silver and lower denomination coins as I haven't really watched and or seen much them for the past few years. Prior to...
That's been happening for quite a few years now.
Does your wife know about all this ? I'm gonna tell her. The drums - they be a'talkin :D
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Fixed it for ya :)
Not that much, weight tolerance for Morgans is 0.097 grams. [ATTACH]
Thad, do a little test for yourself. And yeah I've done it. Take a coin that has fairly newly formed verdigris on it, in other words verdigris...
This is a copy of problem coin designations and codes taken from their website quite few years later. And as you can see they didn't even mention...
As mentioned already 2007 is when the TPGs first started slabbing problem coins. If one searches the forum they'll find a great many posts/threads...
GSA coin quantities The accepted quantities of each date were: • 1878CC - 61,000 • 1879CC - 4,100 • 1880CC - 131,500 • 1881CC -...
No, it isn't corrosive at all - on any coin ! It's not corrosive on coins made of an alloy that has copper, or even traces of copper, in it. Nor...
It's not corrosive on the host coin either, nor is it corrosive on any other coin. I don't know how else to explain this. The verdigris, the...
That's completely normal. As for more attention, there isn't anything else you can do. The spots that remain, they're permanent. And just to...
It's certainly possible that some of it was PVC residue, it's definitely not unheard of for both to be on the same coin. That said, when...
I would ask a question or two and make a couple comments. 1 - what makes you think it is verdigris ? I'm asking that because I've been sitting...
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