Well, there are those here who say it doesn't happen, there are those here who say it does, and then there are those here (me and aa few more) who...
Agree, but liquid silver luster or something easily purchased and simlar hasn't been on the shelves very long. Maybe only for the past 20-30...
I've taken the liberty to circle some areas which raise alarms with me and when compared to the coin without the red areas you can see there are...
If it's purchased as is (MS-63, PCGS) the buyer would have one heck of a cleaned coin. BTW, here is that 1828 with a little brightness removed...
HOWEVER, I suppose having the coin in hand is the secret in this instance, because just going by pictures all I can come up with is, a cleaned...
In my opinion, the coin was Horribly Cleaned no luster left, vastly more so than the 1828 which was posted here yesterday. That being said (and I...
Here is a nice 1812 CBH. What grade & comments would you say about this coins grade and condition? Oh, as a potential buyer let's say. Thanks...
Really... I've had the best results with 2x2 cardboard flips and a pen or pencil...
Gold will never see $1101.00 It's oversold now and China just made a big find too...
Changes in texture (not as smooth) and luster (might appear dull) on the high spots, normally portions of the the hair and cheeks on the obverse...
Good luck finding another one (R3) and all... Take Care Ben
So much or the old assumption that no Gold coins were struck in Britain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carausius Take Care Ben
B-2 you win a cookie... I think it's more of where the jewelry clasp might have bee attached, but lamination sounds plausible when I take a...
Chuckle, I think that's one of the reason's the seller was parting with it as a half-dollar. I e-mailed them and said it's a half but they wanted...
Chuckle, I purchased this coin as a Half-Dollar... Can you guess what (scarce variety) it is? I'm sure this coin had been cleaned at some point...
Mark, I lumped Grade and Cleaning into the same (faults) category. In many cases determining if a coin has been cleaned is similar to...
A potential seller always says the coin is genuine and uncleaned, and the potential buyer always says it been cleaned and points out other faults....
Sorry, yes I was taking the older cleaning into consideration, other wise it would be a 50/53.
Here is a pic of a coin I rarely post. It was just an impulse purchase a couple of years ago on an auction with NO PICTURE and Graffiti. The...
Who cares, they've ALL been cleaned. Nice looking EF-40, O-109 (R3) coin there... I'd pay $125 for it. Take Care Ben
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