You misunderstood, read that post of mine again. When I said they tried everything they could think of but failed, I was talking about them...
I guess that depends on what you are calling a rim burr. Personally I've never heard the term before so I'm not quite sure what it might be. Are...
I think you might need to realize something mrjason - there is nothing that is going to get everything off of coins without harming the coins. No...
LOL ! Like I said, you will only believe what you want to believe.
I know some folks think that but it's not true, latex gloves may prevent fingerprints but they do leave smudges. And just like fresh fingerprints...
Cherrypicked data ??? Really ? I'm not cherrypicking anything, I'm just using the total numbers of graded coins and those designated as Red. And...
Jaelus, if I may ask, exactly what is it you want to accomplish ? I'm assuming that you'd like to authenticate the trial strike, is this correct ?...
When you are trying to properly clean a coin following the graduated steps of distilled water, acetone, and xylene - won't hurt anything. But it's...
There's several different things it could be, chief among them is what is commonly referred to dip residue. But dip residue occurs because or when...
In regard to spots or the graffiti ? :) Rather obviously the graffiti is going to make it a problem coin, a damaged coin - in anybody's book....
If you could, would, just post a picture - I might, stress might, be able to tell you what and why whatever it is that is not coming off the coin....
Couldn't agree more ! There are a whole lot coins, including some in slabs, that have been labeled as whizzed - that have not been whizzed !
The one dark line on the obv, as Jim said that might be the result of a rubber band being around the coin while it was in a 2x2 or flip. But...
Yeah, I do. The day it was dipped. [ATTACH] Three days after it was dipped, just to illustrate how fast copper tones. [ATTACH] Three days...
Ya know, I fully realize that trying to get you to understand, let alone believe, what I have been saying is an all but impossible task because...
To be honest I didn't realize what you were doing either. If you had mentioned this in your original post - - well that would have helped a lot...
Nonsense ! While I will agree it is possible for a coin here and there to get some oil on it during the striking process, saying that all of...
[IMG] A good example of exactly what I was talking about. The accepted definition of RED is 95% or more of original mint red. And while the...
mrjason - None of the products I listed and discussed above will remove tarnish, what we commonly call toning, from coins. That is not what they...
What's being discussed now is basically people's definitions, or descriptions if you will, of what is red, orange, pink, red brown, brown or any...
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