You can go back 20 years on the NGC and PCGS forums and find posts/threads discussing this subject of MS70 and copper coins. Even back then, it...
Nope, they aren't. Larry partially explained this above but he forgot to mention one important detail - die polish lines are raised on the coin,...
Good to see ya back :) As for the boys, after watching them grow up (from a distance) for the past several years - you got nuttin to worry...
Not anymore you don't. Only allowed to have 1 - and this is it now.
Someday ??? [IMG] "Someday" arrived in 2008. edit - hmmm, for some reason the link isn't working correctly, try this -...
@Paddy54 @Islander80-83 Fair warning to both of you. This thread is now locked so you can't do it here, but if either one of you, or both of...
Mr. Bowers has been writing articles about TPG grading, and saying the same things that I've been saying, for as long as I have been saying them -...
Acetone does not always affect copper coins, but it does sometimes. Sometimes it causes the coins to turn weird colors - other times it does...
There might be one or two people around here who don't know mine, but thanks to you they do now - without me saying a thing :)
Nahhh, it wasn't me, I sold my entire collection in 2006 and have not collected coins since then. But it's not unusual for coins that used to be...
I wouldn't say that you need to adjust your methods, but your thinking - yeah. It's more a matter of realization than thinking though. First off...
What they said.
A couple of things Pop - 1, trying to assemble that many sets (34 of them ?) from change and roll searching, well, to say it would be a difficult...
Yup they do, and it goes back generations, long before any here were even born.
Randy, I didn't take the time to read the rest of the thread, so this may have already been said. If it has, well I'll say it again anyway. Our...
It sure didn't appear to be obvious based on your previous statement. I mean if you knew it, then why did you say this ? But to answer your...
Maybe ya need to look more closely. That said, I'll grant you it's not a given that you'll hairline coins every single time you use a Q-tip - BUT,...
No they are not. And it's not just the early S mint Morgans that this is done with - there's several other coins, denominations as well that are...
You'll find my suggestions for using it in this thread - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/proper-acetone-procedure.193708/ And there's a few...
Yeah, but it's a '79-S. And those are supposed to be graded using tougher standards than other Morgans. And if ya did that, given what is there,...
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