I could be wrong, but I'm not sure it's genuine.
No, they would list whatever the problem was just like they do now on the slabs. If the problem was altered surfaces the label with the body bag...
And what would the seam look like if the person doing this used a sonic welder himself to reseal the slab ? Sonic welders are easy to come by,...
Here's the thing, when you dip a coin that has milk spots on it, the milk spots simply remain. In other words they are not affected at all and...
Just as an FYI- I know you've only been a member here for a short time so you're probably not aware of this, but once something has been posted...
I'm wondering if perhaps the coin in question was returned in a body bag before the TPGs started slabbing problem coins in 2007. Back then, all...
I get your point, but many foreign coins were legal tender in the US until 1857.
Yes, it is possible. But as I said earlier, the TPGs have slabbed literally millions of coins that had verdigris on them before they were ever...
That's probably the most commonly held theory. And it's not just ASEs, the problem occurs on coins from mints worldwide. And they don't all use...
Yes ! Nobody knows for sure, all they have are theories.
In this manner - Ya see Charley, there's apparently more than a few things that you're not aware of. For example, Thad and I have known each...
Seems there's more than 1 hair that needed to be split.
If you know what you want, look online a couple days before before you go to the show and see what prices are. Then, go to the show and check...
I did that once, and rather large one. But only because I was selling, not buying :)
And that's kind of my point. Verdigris is not active corrosion. Verdigris is the result of active corrosion. In other words, verdigris only...
You gotta remember there's always more than 1 grader. There's always at least 3 and sometimes 4 - and none of them missed it. There are...
When I used to attend coin shows I would bring - cash, as much as I figured I could spend that day; a 5x loupe; a lighted 10x loupe; and my pocket...
Encapsulating a coin with active corrosion May I ask how exactly you define active - when you say active corrosion ?
The crux of the problem here is that there is a substance on the slab, and as of yet nobody knows what that substance is. All we know is that this...
Try the 91% alcohol on 1 spot, see if it works. If it doesn't, I can't think of anything else that would, that would not damage the slab itself.
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