If you can prove something is wrong - fine, do so. But to simply rewrite long established definitions because you want to ............
And therein lies the problem doesn't it ? What I'm talking about is the "thinking" that definitions established long before any of us were even...
There is no doubt, none at all, that the smelting of metals began many thousands of years ago. But, the native Americans never developed it, just...
Perhaps not in your mind John. But that description is from the words of Q. David Bowers and backed by the ANA as they are found in the very first...
Now if you had said that to begin with I would have recommended acetone as well. I explain my recommendation for how to use it here -...
Tyler, first of all don't believe the advertising you find with products, nor what it says on their packaging, nor what is often said about them...
Chris, I strongly recommend you read a book - The Ascent Of Man by J. Bronowski.
For many, many decades the term Specimen was only used or applied to coins which were minted before 1817 that had Proof-Like surfaces and many...
Nor can I understand why you or anyone else encourages people to risk damaging their coins by following your suggestions. It's called...
There are a great many inventions, methods, etc that occurred in the rest of the world that never occurred in the New World until the Europeans...
Its primary use is for modern clad coins - won't hurt them a bit - particularly Proofs but it works well on business strikes too. And yes it works...
Well, as I've discussed many times I wouldn't use acetone on copper, but we'll not rehash that debate. You can use xylene which will do the same...
Those are the traditional definitions. This problem arises for a couple of different reasons. One is common misuse of the terms in everyday...
I read about it when the story was first published and was once again disappointed, but not surprised, with PCGS and their use of the SP...
Tend to agree, for that coin in that condition, I'd leave it alone.
Agreed. But, it should be noted that how to do it is the easy part. The hard part is determining if it should even be attempted as well as which...
Threads on this topic come up all the time and every time they do there are a myriad of answers and solutions posted. But the safest and easiest...
This was the original question - And although it has been answered it's apparently still generating more questions. So I'll try to explain it a...
Good call. The other one was too. But I had a paper copy of the first one before the internet even existed. That said, the message, coupled with...
We get paid for this ??? :jawdrop: :jawdrop: Oh that's right, I forgot. Checks come the 2nd Tuesday of each week :shame: :oops:
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