Great example of what I would consider a deal-breaking spot on an otherwise stunning coin. I'm with you, I could never appreciate this coin...
I am under the impression they can be removed. This is based on before and after images they've published in their advertising, among other...
Interesting. I was referring to carbon "visually" but your info makes me think of another question. What gives carbon spots (say, on silver) their...
I don't have the PCGS book but have a few others (Making the Grade, e.g.). I'm really not asking about carbon for myself. I was wondering if there...
Eye appeal is my no. 1 priority—clearly it's important to you, too—so I'm already very picky—painfully so. I'm actually more curious about what...
I never buy coins with carbon and am really asking generally and hypothetically—and with respect to TPGs. Seems that some collectors don't mind...
how carbon factors in to third-party grading? If, according to James Halperin, surface preservation is the most important factor in a coin's...
That's what they're for. They're called "dies," aren't they?
You really have me curious about this "scratch." Wish I could see the coin in hand. I'm not so sure it's the WE; looks to me like the area from WE...
I've always liked the Marks; they always seem to tone up nicely. Sold off my foreign collection a few years ago and had quite a few of them.
I could never do what you do; don't have the patience for it. However, if it makes you feel any better, I teach drawing at the college level...
Maybe I'm wrong but I interpreted his comment as referring to the luster grazes on the high points of the hair. Regardless of whether the obverse...
I couldn't agree with you more in general but think in this "case" the problem lies in the vagueness of the OP's question.
I see you beat me to it!
It's an interesting video on why there's no magenta in the rainbow. He has his color nomenclature wrong. He equates pink with magenta and they're...
This is a tricky area. I see a difference between a "chemically-true" ATed coin and a stereotypical "fake." With respect to fakes, "originality"...
I have to say this sounds contradictory. If this (or "any") kind of toning can be duplicated—if there's no boundary between AT and NT, what...
You've just summed up the rationale of a type collector :). All (untoned, equally-graded) coins of any series are essentially identical except for...
Wow, I was thinking strong 65, shot 66. I had to look carefully for grade-limiting marks (particularly on the obv.) after you posted the grade....
You're too modest. ;) Thanks for your sense of that. I guess I think of album toning as more pronouncedly "ring-like." Envelop toning makes more...
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