Dip silver coins if you must, but realize the luster will diminish every time you do it, but do NOT dip copper coins. Loss of luster is the least...
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I have a set of silver eagles. All raw and in a wooden coin cabinet. I am very old.
Coin collecting will change as it has, but it will not die out. The adoption of the 11 (or 22) point UNC grading scale under heavy dealer pressure...
Thoughts beyond the fact that it's fake?
I agree that it's probablly not genuine. LOTS of fakes of early stuff coming in from China and Eastern Europe. I wouldn't buy anything from a...
That was my point.
As of yesterday, PCGS' pop reports just under 270,000 1881-S Morgans. I picked this, because it is the most frequently slabbed variety of the most...
He was a brilliant and lucky man.
MS70 was mentioned as a dip. It is NOT an acid dip, it contains posassium hydroxide, a strong alkali often used as drain cleaner. Perhaps...
There's been a lot discussed in here about dipping. NEVER dip a copper coin. It will never again have a smooth surface. If you absolutely MUST dip...
Coin Care [Betterbilt Chemicals, Vernon, CA] is very different from the product that EACers extoll. According to the label, Coin Care contains...
Most of the lettering is gone or very weak on both sides. That's the definition of FR-2.
I agree with all of the posters who say don't do anything to it. It's actually a nice looking Peace dollar. You'll only make it worse.
I like it, too. Simple, direct, eye-catching.
Lunchbox John, you recall correctly.
That seems to be an approprite NGC grade for the coin. By EAC standards, it would be 40ish, depending on what the coin actually looks like outside...
There are a lot of those odd bumps on the reverse. I'd bet it's counterfeit.
No telling what the slab grade is. Probably AU. Looking at the reverse, I'd be more at XF40 than 45. The grading for late dates is pretty strict.
XF45
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