I use acetone and this stuff that was advertised in coin dealer newsletter: [MEDIA] With acetone from the hardware store, long soaks are no...
Skip said they ran out of room since them put the vam9 and top 100 on the label.
I contacted the senior grader Skip Fazzari on the coin yesterday and got this response today: "I remember the coin. I thought we put “Struck...
Rubbing alcohol dips also shouldn't leave a residue. If only coins could talk. "Not another dip, please!"
Thanks for the article, this is what numismatics should be about, relevance to history, context. Anyone who researched their genealogy will...
I was expecting ICG to grade it as Unc. details damaged. Glad they didn't, usually they are in the ballpark on dollars sometimes overgrade...
It looks like it straight graded as a pl unc., I will check it out when it comes back.
No big change in CLCT this week: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=clct%20stock
It isn't just Salzberg, he would never have issued that article without extensive communications with others at NGC and elsewhere.
"Muddy Waters" is well known for launching lawsuits, usually publicly traded stocks sink and quickly get short sold, probably if they were...
Actually the class action issue was entirely different than that lawyer link, I just cited it as an example of mistakes that they find ways...
PCGS needs to speed up their guarantee submission system, last time it took me 3 1/2 months to address the problem. Also on some coins with a...
I saw someone suggest that a class action lawsuit may be in the works against PCGS. Why would NGC just sign off on a broadside like that without a...
It's fine to trade uncertified coins when grading wouldn't change value much, but not when you are talking about real money in this hobby,...
Salzberg pulled a Trump and is just looking to increase his market share that was probably sagging. IMO he just fouled his nest and with all...
I walked it into a shop where the dealer is helpful this morning; looks like someone had tested it with acid, looked through 60X and saw that it...
Some of the old holder coins are undergraded, but they are full of problem coins as well and with PCGS' extremely long wait on their "guarantee"...
I don't have a camera that works now, picture is a scan. On the surface, looks like opaque epoxy.
A friend said this: "it looks 65 to me which would increase the value by about $260".
I picked up some xylene at HD for $8 or so. I started soaking the coin in it immediately, will share results. I guess toluene and xylene increase...
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