The newer ones ? I've had these pictures (and many more) for 7 or 8 years and they have been posted here on the forum several times. For the most...
I'm familiar with the methods you mentioned, was just curious if there was something else that perhaps I was not familiar with. But more than...
There is one other thing that I would like to comment on. That is that it is generally accepted that the TPGs will rather routinely bump the...
OK, but will you please tell us what that manipulation was exactly ? In other words, specifically, in what way was the surface manipulated in this...
Dunno but it aint doubling.
No, you're not missing anything, the issue is that is not doubling.
I did look at them, and yes the blow up size. And then I even used a magnifying glass - no doubling.
If you see doubling on that coin you're seeing something I sure don't see. I see zip, nada, nothing, that even remotely resembles doubling -...
Yes the coin I posted is NT, and yes Larry it did come from an original mint set - you know me too well Larry - that's cheatin :D But I did not...
What I am about to post has nothing to do with gold plating or tungsten used to make fakes. But it has a whole lot to do with fake gold coins and...
Does it ? What I said above, has been going on for at least 15 years.
OK, following the topic of this thread, is this coin AT or NT ? [ATTACH]
For those who are skeptical of the story, I can understand why you are. But can you say that you have never seen PCGS, or NGC, upgrade a coin...
Imagine that :rolleyes: And that is why, as I have said more times than I can count, that you need to buy all the books you can find on any given...
Tough - even if there were a 100,000 responses, you still wouldn't have your answer. That is because your question is one that involve ethics. And...
No doubt. But it has been used to make counterfeit gold bars.
Sure is. Just use the search box at the top of the page. The default setting is to search only the forum section you happen to be in at the time.
I think progressive is a better word.
That's what I thought you were going to say. It's not just you, nobody has privileges to reply there. You aren't supposed to be able to reply in...
Not really, I just follow the ANA standards, and I don't just trust my memory. Get the book out, read what it says for each of those grades. And...
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