For the most part, yes. Here's the thing, and it's already been touched on in this thread. There are methods by which a coin can be artificially...
Not sure where you looked, maybe you mean you looked in this thread only. But, if you go to this page - https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ Then up...
They do and have been doing the very same thing for decades with chemicals. But, an experienced eye can always tell it has been done. This is...
I'm reasonably certain it stands for Devices Engraved which is nothing more than a fancy way of saying tooled.
This is how PCGS describes environmental damage - 97|N-7 Environmental Damage – i.e. corrosion, coating (lacquer), excessively heavy toning,...
There is nothing you can do to help that coin - nothing. As I said it is beyond help. The coin is already corroded beneath the copper plating.
Help it ? No, it is well beyond help. And in any event sand blasting would just do more damage.
In one way or another it has to, that much is a given. As said earlier in the thread, the only questions to be answered are if results are better...
Hmmmm - echoes of Mark Twain :D
And that answers my question. I asked the question because if all you wanted to do was to be able to look up or find nice pictures of any...
Assuming the plating was applied by the mint or company who made them, you'd grade it the same way you would any coin. Wear is wear, regardless of...
What I call market grading ? Or, what a lot of others call it ? In any event, one step at a time Mike, one step at a time ;)
http://tinyurl.com/339dd4 :D
Is there some reason you want to see the NGC census coins specifically ? I mean, is there something special about them or do you just want to see...
Nope. And while I imagine it would do a great job of getting ordinary dirt and grime off a coin, I cannot see how it would or even could affect...
The only thing I can tell you is this - you need to pull your head out of the sand. A coin here and there going up in price, when thousands of...
Well that's the entire point ! It has to be broad to show you what is going on in the market overall ! That's what charts do ! Sure there may be...
"Is this a Dipper?" No it isn't. And unless I miss my guess it has already been dipped long ago.
On another matter - the charts themselves. I've been posting and or linking to the PCGS index charts for as long as I have been a member of this...
And I never said the hobby IS dying, didn't even imply such a thing ! The OP was asking why coin prices had been adjusted downwards. My response...
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