Very nice ! If memory serves you must have quite the collection of medals by now :) Your medal brought back a memory of my own, a ducat struck to...
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A common problem with the internet, which is why I posted this quite some time ago - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/introduction.13961/
Walt the first ANA grading standards book was published in 1977 so I assume that is the book you are referring to. I have a copy myself. However,...
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Boy it's a good thing you put that in there :D
No. Not quite. Yes, I did mention Biox but not this stuff. This is what I was talking about -...
Metal movement is one of the criteria for a code 98, but there is more. A coin can be damaged in many ways. This is the full explanation found on...
Me ? I wouldn't give any of them my money for their opinion on a grade. It as gotten to the point that all 4 are just as bad at grossly...
And in the fields, and the hair, and basically scattered all over the obv. As to what caused them, hard to say, nor does it matter. All that...
Wasn't me who said that pal. Somebody else may well have, but not me. I'm no chemist and don't pretend to be one. That's you and Jim. And Thad.
The answer to the basic question asked in this thread - "Xylene' - Is it a suitable product for use on Bronze AND Silver coins?" - is quite...
Granted, I worded my sentence differently, But the way you are saying it, the word "not" must be inserted to convey the same meaning as what I...
Ask a chemist, you'll find out they are.
You're jumping to conclusions based on false assumptions. I've been writing about coins for over 20 years, and I have yet to make or receive even...
I would guess well over a thousand times. I say that because I've been talking about and recommending using it for as long as CoinTalk has existed...
I believe this has strayed far enough off topic to just call it quits.
Thanks for the generous offer Cal but quite frankly, what with helping to write books about them and my other pursuits, I don't have time to...
Did you see my hand go up in the back of the room ??? But then you, and probably a few others, aren't aware that I sold my entire collection and...
But it is ! The checks always arrive on the 2nd Tuesday of each week :D
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