I know a few people here use collectivecoin for organizing sets. It's been down for days now. Last I spoke to someone at Stacks it seemed they...
Some of my very best coins were purchased raw on ebay. World class coins that had no business being there, gotten for pennies on the dollar.
You could use a very strong magnet from the other side of the windshield. It ain't iron but nickel is still a ferromagnetic metal.
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This is desirable patination. Leave them be.
You can make a lot of money submitting coins for grading, they just need to be the right coins. You also need to get to the point where you have a...
Outstanding.
You need to crack them out of mint sets for those grades. Rolls aren't going to cut it.
I can't speak for you experience with trades, that's great if you've had good results with that. But regarding selling at wholesale prices, don't...
You can sell. Trading is not a great idea. Most dealers will want to break up a trade into two a buy and a sell for recording in their books...
You still have not explained the importance of doing this. You can obviously have a grading standard different from the one you are describing....
Cleaning is already acceptable unless it causes damage to the surfaces. Environmental damage is damage. These, like any damage, would lower the...
I don't have many details coins, but in certain situations I do buy them: It's an expensive type that I don't think is worth the money, but a...
Why do you need to identify MS coins at all? Anything that happens to a coin is damage. Toning is damage, hits are damage, bag marks are damage,...
You hit the nail right on the head here. The grading scale doesn't work in the AU55-MS64 range because light wear is equivalent to a small...
Yes, I know that's how it was set up, but why should it be that way? Your answer to this question, even in our previous discussions, always...
I don't think you're really addressing my question. It's not a what but a why? Why should I care about wear above other surface impairments. What...
Ah I see. I think I understand your position better than I previously did. But here's the thing, why does wear matter above all else? Why should a...
You submit the coins in 2.5" x 2.5" flips. They ask you to write the coin number on the flip with a sharpee (i.e. 001, 002, etc.). I write the...
Great pickup!
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