"finding a way to micropolish coins evenly with something softer than silver and that they'd naturally encounter in their normal everyday use"...
That's a good idea. thanks.
In his book about Type I Double Eagles, Doug Winter includes an interesting description (by Bob Evans) of how the coins from the SS Central...
It depends so much on what it is and why you do it! Rare contemporaries - who cares. Rare historical coins in high collector grades - better get...
But it isn't easy to get a collector membership! I've had to go through dealers to get coins submitted - their membership for collectors is...
Went for $3831, third time out. Seems to go down about a grand each time he sells it. Just did a little research on Heritage site - I agree in...
I suspect the same. Were I inclined -- or looking for a coin like that, I'd prefer that it had been authenticated by NGC or PCGS - details or...
A philadelphia 1840 $2.50 piece, first year of issue - one of 80 estimated to exist in any grade. R 8.2 (It's graded AU50)[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Interesting auction piece. It was actually sold twice already. The selling price came down $1000 from the first sale ($5900 ish) to the second...
Free is good. It will be interesting to hear about the result.
It's odd, but I have a preference for NGC because of the way the coins look in them and their "consumer" services are really good - so I tend to...
With vintage gold as you describe, I would prefer NGC or PCGS certification - and if they are actually certifiable, not details, they will be...
In his book about type 1 double eagles, there is an interesting piece by Doug Winter on how he "cleaned" - restored I suppose is a better word,...
I'm 67, but have only been collecting coins for 7 or 8 years. I collected a lot of other old stuff before that - musical instruments, pocket...
I have two dealers I love, for completely different reasons. First there's Doug Winter, who likely needs no introduction. What I like about...
All good stuff - with one exception. I don't get the issue about returning a coin. If there are returns offered, then there are returns. If...
Wow, there are so, so many US coins. Partly for that reason, I'm attracted to Carson City mintage - it's not outrageously impossible to own one of...
Here's the twenty cent piece from my CC "one of each type" collection. All of the silver coins in this collection are raw, so most are likely...
Are you the official welcome party? Nice. I don't think I've ever been welcomed into the world before. Thanks.
Wow - so every now and then it's resulted in a huge windfall for their estate, huh? That's very interesting, very important subtle difference...
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