I can think of a few PR-69s, but I don't recall any MS-69 besides the Morgan dollar. I had the only PR-69 liberty nickel in my hands mid last...
Maybe I'm just jaded with all of the TPGs, I've had a bad experience with all of them at one point or another. There is no sight unseen trading to...
Why not crack them out of the third world slabs, almost nobody has any respect for them.
Seated half?
I love breaking coins out. Sometimes I wonder why someone even paid to get some of them slabbed.
Reverse of a California 1/2 dollar round?
If it makes you feel any better, I was thinking Spanish gold. WAY off.
Perhaps it had another influence, but I know that I have forgotten coins in an acetone bath for a few days and they looked very flat afterwards....
Acetone is a mild cleanser, but it will wash out the luster after an extended time. This will make it look very unnatural. This is particularly...
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Only if it effects the surfaces by over dipping. Otherwise, it is perfectly acceptable.
So very close.
My grandfather had two bags of (I believe mixed) New Orleans dollars that came from my great grandfather when he worked at the mint in the late...
Not bad at all. My greatest discovery was a 1942/1 from a pawn shop years ago. Similar story, I was buying just junk silver and later found it...
It looks like an honest XF now and don't see any need to soak it in acetone unless you still see some sort of residue on it.
Just be very careful of former cleanings and other impairments that some of the third tier graders ignore. As far as putting a sticker over the...
Nope
I have some gold and silver, but I am focused on early US copper at the moment. I guess I am somewhere between a gentleman and a peasant.
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This one may be a challenge. [ATTACH] Hint: it may not be in color.
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