'Cause people like red holders better than black ones.
Have you even seen the "Mule" I'm talking about? No matter how good the machinist is, it is always going to be noticeable where the quarter snaps...
I would only dip a coin that is new but has a storage defect, such as the Eisenhower Dollars I mentioned or some of the earlier Proof Coins that...
Morgan collectors like to separate themselves, to a degree, from other collectors. If a Morgan is an error coin, it's called a VAM (the...
Not to get off the note restoration thread, but most of the things said about currency can also apply to coins. One example is Silver Eisenhower...
I wouldn't give TPGS that much credibility. I sent four Liberty Walking Halves all with natural toning, all from the same roll, to one of the top...
Just a thought, it is common and acceptable to restore old paintings, it is acceptable to restore collectable toys, it is acceptable to restore...
Thanks for your advice, I'm just going t leave it alone.
[ATTACH] This is the $500 note that has the tellers stamp on it. It is to the left of the portrait. It looks like the note was in a bundle with a...
Not bad Stephen same notes from your January 15, 2013 post.
Can I assume then, that hold the same views for TPGS that offer conservation services?
One thing people are not mentioning is our currency is not paper, it is a combination of cotton and linen. There are germaphobes out there who...
You know that little thing inside your head that keeps you from saying things you shouldn't? Yeah, I don't have one of those.
The account we're talking about was over ten years old when she was single. She left it dormant, thinking it was closed with no money in it, not...
He's a story concerning PayPal and Credit Unions. Ten (that's 10) years ago my daughter made a $8.98 purchase on eBay. She paid it and forgot...
If you can't find acetone (it is pretty common) look at the label of nail polish remover, if it says 100% acetone, you've got it. GooGone also...
Not to change the topic of this thread, but I have a complete set of the Morgan $100 Union Specimen Dollars authorized by the Smithsonian, except...
Just like they did with the GSA Hoard of Morgan Dollars, the TPGs originally broke the Redfield Coins out of the Paramount holders and put them in...
Numismatic News had a pretty good list of Coin Shows, that's because they don't charge to list the show. Coin World also lists shows, but they...
I guess I'm lucky, one of the local coin dealers has his own coin counting machine and when business is slow and no ones in the store, he lets me...
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