I have no idea who posted those percentages or when or where but I strongly disagree with them. And based on experience the TPGs definitely do not...
Same thing you see, that the color/toning is, apparently, no where near as dark as the original pics. That said, videos are worse than terrible...
It varies, sometimes greatly. Just like it is with toning, putty drying out is dependent on air flow - the more there is the faster it happens,...
My rule of thumb, with pics like that - simply walk away. There's all kinds of reasons for that but first and foremost is - there's always another...
TPG guarantee.
Maybe, and maybe not. Wear can be differentiated from weak strike once you know what to look for. But, it is quite common for the TPGs to grade...
Putty changes color as it ages and dries out, becomes visible.
I agree, but what Conder said was also correct. This is one of the things Conder was correct about. The thing that a lot of folks, those not...
First off, that's what I call chocolate and vanilla :) Secondly, your comment just made me realize there's one other thing I should have...
In one word - experience. Only way I can explain it would be - it's the look the coin has, or doesn't have. In person, if I had 2 coins, one of...
Have I ever said - Thank You Mike ! - for all the typing you save me ? Well, if I have, I haven't said it enough ! Thank You Mike ! ;)
It can harm the luster - IF ya do it incorrectly. But do it correctly and it won't. And, the luster may have already been destroyed by the toning...
Steve - ya need to make note of what Jeff said there. This is why, these charts will show what the various gold coins have done in the past....
Hmmm - that's a new one on me, never heard of the stuff. I'd sure be hesitant to use it on a coin that was worth anything though.
Precisely. And those same micro-crevices are why Unc coins tone oh so easily and circ coins rarely do.
When they are new, freshly minted, any and all coins that are made by the striking of dies - have luster - every single one ! From the very first...
If you used your finger AT ALL - you most definitely affected the luster. And you're right, the pencil itself would also cause breaks in the...
Not true at all ! If the luster is broken anywhere on the coin, then it is not MS, cannot be MS. And that is as true for MS60 as it is for MS70....
Just for the sake of clarification, you need to understand something - neither of those coins has any luster. And both are already irreparably...
Very Nice, used to own one of those myself :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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