Way off from "what" though ? The grade assigned by the TPG ? That right there, that is what is a big part of the problem. By making the statement...
That I know was just appreciation ? Really ??? Hmm - this IS what you said - "You ever want to sell the toned ones, you would have an immediate...
Honest answer - because he believes whatever the TPGs say. Even when it is blatantly obvious they are wrong.
Why do people say buy the coin and not the slab ? It's pretty easy, it's because for most buyers it is the slab that determines the cost - when it...
Can pictures of coins be deceiving ? Yes, most definitely. But pictures cannot show you something that is not there. They can however not show you...
I can easily understand new members not knowing the rules yet. But well established members do know them, and are all too well aware of them. And...
The editing I have done should help with understanding; and, you can read the rules here - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-talk-rules.34131/
I didn't suggest that you DO use safe storage methods. You're on the right track so think for a minute. Collectors in the old days didn't...
As has been said already, coins are lousy investments for quite a few reasons. As I have posted many times, to make money on coins you have to 5...
Sounds to me like you are the one with the bias. If they can detect AT and recognize it as easily as you claim, then why is it they call toning...
Sure, all of them are. Everything from the paint on your walls, the carpet on your floors, the type of heating/cooling system you have, to what...
Yes it is, and cardboard usually has more of it. Think of it this way, cardboard is nothing more than thick paper, so the thicker the paper is,...
I'd phrase it differently, I'd say when nobody can tell it doesn't matter. Ya see, the TPGs freely admit they cannot tell AT from NT, and they...
They are all pretty much the same unless somebody has started making archival quality envelopes that I am unaware of. But there is never any...
I'd be willing to bet that you have seen such coins, you just assumed it was natural toning. But that's the thing, because it is impossible to...
Yes, some does. Just not all of it. Yes, but those same colors can be induced in a matter of hours by somebody who knows what they are doing....
Take them out of the tube. Put each one in a paper coin envelope. Some of the most spectacular toning that anyone has ever seen came about as a...
Yes. But be aware, toning, on all coins, begins the instant after a coin is struck. How fast it occurs depends upon all of the variables involved....
In the eyes of the TPGs a coin having verdigris on it is not and never has been a reason for not grading a coin. I couldn't even begin to guess...
Yeah, I know. That's why I made the suggestion that I did.
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