This is simply not true ! Literally thousands of people, probably tens of thousands of them, know how to properly clean coins. There are...
It has always been quite common for countries to copy the designs of coins from other countries. And they'd copy more than just designs, they copy...
Store it properly and they won't change.
The ad sections are the ONLY place you're allowed to do it.
First off the TPGs started slabbing problem coins in 2007 - they have ever since. And - the time period when pretty much everyone found...
What he said !
If I were you I'd just get it graded and forget the cleaning - conservation if you prefer but cleaning is what it is. Here's why. With spots like...
There's two possibilities. The spotting you're seeing, and that's what it is - spotting, was caused by something that got on the coin before it...
No argument on that at all ! I just thought it worth mentioning what I did because not everybody thinks of it. And it needs to be considered.
If you wish to inhibit toning as much as you can use the Intercept Shield products - they actually and will not harm coins or deposit anything on...
As others have already said - the one and only reason to get those coins slabbed is to authenticate them. But here's the thing - a great many...
Nope, I never have. And given what they say - "Metal SAFE block deposits an invisible protective molecular film on all metallic surfaces," - I...
Checking realized prices is great ! And always strongly recommended ! Doing that, that's a huge mistake ! You never want to subtract the fees,...
Give a man a fish and he can eat 1 meal. Teach a man to fish and he can eat for the rest of his life ;)
Well, first ya gotta be aware of and then understand the history behind it all. Ya see, for over 50 years the prices reported in the Grey Sheet...
Geeez ! If I had known that I woulda held off a while just to torment ya a bit :D
Venice - ducat 1400 Obv - Doge kneeling before St. Mark Rev - Christ [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Ya know what Randy, a wise man told me something, two things in fact, about the same time I started collecting coins in 1960. He said that is you...
I would agree with that ! Count your blessings that you've found a good dealer. Agree with that too !
PLEASE - do yourself a favor and practice - A LOT - with some coins you don't care about before you ever use it on any coin you do care about !...
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