Air-Tite coin holders were invented in 1980 and have not damaged a coin yet. That may not be 50 or 100 years but it is what it is.
No, oh you c'mon Jeff ! You take a modern 95% off-center dime to a store and try and spend it. You won't be able to because no one will recognize...
Your question was answered for the most part in the other thread Tim, before the thread went sideways and was locked. But I'll answer it again, in...
Really ? They must be trying to put painting contractors out of business :D It's a very common product and sold in any paint store. But as you...
The legal definition of a coin is rather simple: COIN -A piece of gold, silver or other metal stamped by authority of the government, in order to...
Yes, acetone is the industry standard. But xylene will do it just as well and just as safely. But xylene is far less known than acetone. In fact...
I have no problem with authenticating them, none ! But when it comes to grading, grading should be limited to coins. And the item in this thread,...
MS70 is a great product - for certain things ! But only those things. If you are a collector of modern coins, and that is to be read as clad...
I have no problem with grading error coins. But there are errors and then there are errors. Before you can grade a coin, it at least has to be a...
That's what I was trying to point out, I don't think Kunker or Davenport made a mistake because they both acknowledged the same thing you're...
What's a matter Paul, ya missed me or sumpin ? :D Or is it that ya just don't have anybody else to argue with today ? "EOR toning configuration"...
C'mon now, this is a labeling error. [ATTACH] This, I don't even know what this is - [IMG] Such things don't even deserve to be graded !...
Well, digging into it is a lot more work than I care to undertake to be honest with you :) But I know that in the past when I've done it with...
Well all I can tell ya is my comments are based on the coins that I am commenting on. If you'd been around longer you would readily realize that I...
Don't doubt for a minute that's what they told ya, but what they are really saying is - there is nothing we "will" do. And think about, why...
OK, but why ? I mean, you mentioned my first post on page 1, and that was in reference to this coin - [IMG] And the difference between that,...
The coin you've pictured is one of Charles II, not Charles III. So I don't know what you'be been looking up but that may be part of the problem -...
No. I think the coin is gorgeous, the toning completely natural. Though that's not to say it cannot be replicated by those who know how. And the...
OK, so guess, and then we'll see just how close you are ;)
50 is a bit of an exaggeration, but I think you're referring to the Adams coin which was graded 45 in '89, then upgraded a few times until '01...
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