Nice chocolate = dellers darkener (or similar product) more often than not. Copper rarely tones chocolate. To wit, how many chocolate wheaties...
As an aside, the challenging nature of attribution on these late date cents will seriously hamper the chance that collecting them by variety will...
Please see my post in the other thread, but I suspect part of what you're seeing is the removal of protective grime/oils by dipping in solvents...
What do you guys think? I think it's a cool Lincoln that -- I'm sorry to say -- looks recolored to my eyes. Respectfully....Mike
Nice post. Here's a coin from the year.... [img] [img]
A few points worth considering... I think the results are pleasing but would like to see some super high-resolution before and after photos...
"In this case though, I'm just going with my gut, and from what I see " As would I if I were in your shoes. Time will tell who is right. Good...
Do not be fooled by what you see in the marketplace versus what the TPGs are doing. Said another way, don't assume the distribution of coins...
When you think the coin offered is a good one at a fair price. Markets go up and go down. Timing markets is difficult work at best, and anyone...
No you don't -- because I don't "like" one more than the other. ;) IMO, those generalizations aren't accurate, and even if they were, they...
My amphibian friend, Do you think that Bob's book sucks, or the differences between the coins so minimal that any book on the topic would still...
When I look at that coin, I see AU.
Now if we could only get you to change your silly signature, we'd be getting somewhere. ;) Seriously, and I know I speak for the rest of the...
Perhaps. Tell me, if they were such good deals, why didn't they sell the first time? I think you will find that many/most of the coins that...
p.s. the two links you sent were not auctions, but BINs with a return privilege -- that's quite a different story from "auctions" as was your...
If you have the ability to grade and can see the coins in-hand before auction and/or a contact who can, then yes. Otherwise, proceed with EXTREME...
Not always.
So, Spock, do you have the ability to spot counterfeit AGEs? Does anyone who doesn't have that skill and still wants to buy AGEs, yet not worry...
Clad doesn't dip well.
The coin appears real. I'm not so sure about the toning. For $1.31 + shipping, it isn't a bad deal either way....Mike
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