That could well have been. Then covered with a darkener.
You can still see remnants of the darkening under the bust and around the stars. It probably wouldn't take much. The scratch may not have been as...
I found the coin in question and at the same time found out how to retrieve posts I have contributed to. I still haven’t found the mention of...
I tried every key word I could think of. I even tied to search for ANY of my threads and nothing before Sept 2017 showed up. I think all threads...
I’m sure I did. I wonder if their archives go back to 2006 or around that time.
I posted my photo of this a little over a month ago. Meanwhile I just received the TrueView and thought I would post it. [IMG]
15-20 years ago I had a coin with nice color I sent to NCS for conservation. I can’t remember what the coin was, but was the size of a dime and...
I apologize, I mistook ddddd’s post thinking he was asking a few people to post toners. My mistake. Don’t include my coin in this round. I can...
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It took me an hour and three minutes. I had one set in the bag within 10 minutes. The other 54 minutes was filled with html scripts, hangups, bad...
I sure do like the look of those early dimes. My oldest. [IMG]
A couple more Small Dates proofs [IMG] [IMG]
I can only assume the toning your Seated dime had was some sort of AT. What ever solution NCS used washed it away. Two of the coins I sent in I...
I’ve sent toned coins to NCS before and they came unchanged with all toning still intact.
That’s a proof Lincoln. Unusual but they do make their way into circulation. I doubt very seriously that NGC switched coins as you described....
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There is no law against artificially toning a coin. It may be frowned upon by a segment of serious collectors, but no laws were broken. Also,...
None of those 3 looked like “dark skinned color guys”.
Try using Meguiar’s PlastX to rub out scratches. It works great on all slabs except NGC. Those are almost impossible to remove. [ATTACH]
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