I’ve not opened a 5 oz capsule, but have opened those for 2 oz on down from various mints including the U.S. Mint. The capsules I’ve seen use a...
Nipper tool for quickly and safely opening slabs is pictured below. Used by many dealers. The Wiha brand is probably the best. German-made....
Stack’s Bowers has been auctioning this collection or hoard for several years. I’ve been told there is more to come. Supposedly, the hoard was...
Attended Thu and Fri. First time I’ve been since 2019. Show has been moved to a different hall in the Convention Center since my last visit....
Not that hard to make by hand. Example is in pic below. Start with a cylinder of plastic or wood. A little work with a grinder, rasp, file and...
Yup, 10 little piggies or fingers is almost certainly the origin of the most commonly used number base. But numbers other than powers of 10 are...
The auction house should be able to simply write collectible coins (preface with gold or silver if that is the case) on the customs form along...
One other thing to consider is that JA is pretty old. How well is CAC, even as a stickering service, set up to survive him? PCGS is doing well...
Oh, I think it's a horrible idea ... just a money grab. My comment was only about the ridiculousness of changing from one grading system to the...
The spots may be due to sweat, spit or snot, deposited long ago. In that case, the spots will be mostly dried, denatured protein along with some...
NGC is using the 10-point scale for coins from 1982 onward at the submitter’s discretion. 70-point grading is still available for these coins....
South Dakota vs Wayfair, 2018, is the relevant Supreme Court decision. If you’re a U.S. citizen buying from a dealer in the U.S. and the sale is...
Would have to be a slab with a half cent of known variety or other coin of same diameter because the insert weight will vary with diameter of the...
I don’t currently have the coin I mentioned earlier at hand or have pics. But below are examples of crowns in prongless and pronged holders....
Call PCGS. They may be able to put it in a slab with prongs that hold it in the middle. Then you can see most of the edge. I had them do this...
Actually, acetone is a drying agent. It's often used in labs for quickly drying glassware and ceramics. It's miscible in all proportions with...
Ultrasonic cleaner, hot water and detergent, and they'll be finger-lickin' clean. Plumber should look for rings and gemstones. I know a lady...
So who owns the coins now? Probably pay the laundromat to put in filter screens ... then they collect the coins and don't have to call a...
Great Collections, Stack's Bowers, eBay and PCGS are all in California. But if you're located in another state and doing a deal with a California...
Yup. But it's if the buyer lives in CA. Doesn't matter where the seller is as long as they are in the US. If the seller is in the US and the...
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