In my response above I should have added that when weighing coins it is always necessary to check your scale and make sure it is calibrated...
You were right to begin with John - toning and verdigris are completely different things. The thing the two have in common is that they are both...
But in this case it refers to the graphs from the best known TPG there is that track the daily values of Morgan and Peace dollars as a whole. So...
You can find all kinds of things for specific, given coins. But the trend for Morgan and Peace dollars in general, taken as a whole, that's a...
You can try and get it graded if you like, but it could go either either way as sometimes they will cleanly grade shipwreck coins when if it were...
This is a question or topic that comes up every now and then. And a lot of folks have preconceived notions about it. But the reality is what they...
It seems you know most of what there is to know regarding the history of the coin. About the only comment I would make is that there is a good bit...
It's pretty easy, all ya gotta do is watch the market. And the funny thing is, you don't have to own a single coin to do that.
Hey Larry, ya might wanna send some of those over to Frank - the poor guy seems to have a thing for them ya know :D
Ya couldn't be more wrong if ya tried - I've been following them a whole lot longer than that ! And so has PCGS....
As I said, I edited it to fix the quote tags. This is what your post looked like before I fixed it for you. [ATTACH]
This is true. But as mentioned, it's not always easy to determine exactly what you are trying to remove. So the safest bet is to think of the 4...
Used properly, all 4 are safe to use on nickels.
It's pretty simple. After 12 years of steady decreases, the longest bear market we've ever known, the market for US coins finally found it's...
As Scuba said, yes xylene will effectively and safely remove PVC residue. And it will also remove other things that acetone will not remove,...
Ya know, years ago when I first found that Stony Brook paper, and it took a lot of looking to find it, the only reason I was doing the looking to...
While I obviously understand your question, and the reasoning behind it, given what I posted, would such a question even matter ? What I mean is...
Not always. And when it comes to copper xylene is pretty much always the better choice because sometimes, stress sometimes, acetone can react with...
To each his own I guess but xylene has its uses and it does remove things acetone and distilled water will not. And it's completely harmless to...
Ya mean kinda like you did by making the comment you did about his avatar ? You are of course welcome to your own opinions on matters. But when it...
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