Unh huh - I knew it ! One can only keep one's true self repressed for so long :D
Hmmm - if I didn't know better I'd think you're going back to your old ways Rob. Soooo - when ya gonna start filling that hat again ? :D
The only way to know for sure is to have the coins authenticated, in hand, by an expert. And that means NGC or PCGS. edit - and if they are...
Tersesa, if I might make a suggestion - just return the coins to the gentleman and say thanks but no thanks. You don't know any of us here and...
No argument. But, probability pretty much says grease will have more of an effect more often than water does. The bottom line, anything that...
In the end does it really matter if grease is a solid or a liquid ? What I mean is this, grease is absolutely different than water because of its...
For those who don't know, try reading this - https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1502-non-newtonian-fluids
I'll second that ;)
My only point regarding the water dissipating, if it dissipates at all, is that it is not caused by heat generated as the result a coin being...
LOL ! Well, I suppose, kinda :) It's just that after 20 years of participating on and/or running coin forums, and a lifetime of reading on the...
Would coin struck through water look like one struck through oil/grease? Well you've gone and done it, you've asked a question that I've never...
Coins weren't marked with chopmarks by governments, they were marked by merchants, traders, and moneychangers, often right on the docks when a...
Ya know what Jason, let's turn this around. You said - Well, I don't believe ya, so I challenge you. Prove it ! :rolleyes:
LOL ! You crack me up sometimes ! Your comments remind me of the saying commonly used - pictures or it didn't happen. Yeah right :rolleyes: What...
Really ? Did you somehow miss this sentence ?
Small problem there, one must have an open mind in order to be able to believe the truth when they hear it ;)
While that "can be" true, it is "not necessarily" true. What I'm trying to say is it's extremely common for a coin to be dipped and then re-tone...
1 - near as I've ever been able to figure the black marks, and they are found on both gold and silver, are caused by coin to coin contact. And no,...
Oh I don't think they put it in writing Paul, that would be just too dangerous. Let's just say they let it be known that graders will grade the...
From what I can see most of your questions have been answered Mike, with one possible exception - raw coins. Dave kind of touched on it here -...
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