All I can do is lead you to the water - I cannot force you to drink it !
So what ? The answers he needs are found in this thread. That's the beauty of using the old threads on the forum. That is the very reason the old...
Fair, by definition, means for both. Something is either fair or not fair, there are no maybes, there is no middle ground, there is no such thing...
I suppose there are those who do not know this but Sentry safes are about the worst possible choice one could make for storing coins. They are...
You're right. Any coin that has verdigris on it has undeniably been damaged - because verdigris cannot exist unless and until after damage has...
All coins have tolerance ranges for size, weight, and composition that are established by the minting authority prior to the actual minting of the...
Well, once it becomes available again and according to its maker it's going to soon, Verdi-Care will remove light verdigris. And it will do it...
Looking at the 2 escudos, and given the specs you listed, it appears to be genuine. As for the diameter questions you raised, it's pretty common...
By all means look it up and read about it. But I'd strongly suggest that you never put any on a coin !
No, it isn't. Verdigris is the result of copper corroding - just as rust is the result of iron or steel corroding. Verdigris is what the copper is...
And all coin dips contain acid, just as I described in my previous post. And I wouldn't say "dipped" as only the reverse was treated.
Are you just slow on the uptake or what ??? We have been doing this (changing avatars for Halloween) for years now ! Every year, year after year,...
In all honesty, it already does look like that. But that's because it already has been improperly cleaned. As Insider suggested, sell it or trade...
I just tell people they're as old as I used to be :D Happy Birthday Frank ! :)
I never as much as hinted that we shouldn't. I was merely pointing out that there is only so much that existing technology can do - that the human...
Actually I would say comprehension is fundamental too, for some of us anyway. Please make note of the underlined portion.
They did the standard stuff, weighed and measure, and then used XRF machines on them.
Those only have a little bit of sticky on one end, and while they may or may not work for this purpose, they'd also probably come off pretty...
Here's the thing Blake - no technology, regardless of how expensive it is, can correctly identify all fakes. Now granted, sometimes technology can...
When the TPGs put cleaned on the slab like that it's shorthand for harshly and or improperly cleaned. And what you're wondering is why they said...
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