Yeah the images are copyrighted, but he linked to them, he did not copy/paste them.
No I did not know that, it was new information for me. No, you couldn't, not unintentionally any way. The only way you can produce a Proof with...
I wasn't sating anything negative about the practice of using lasers on bronze disease, that's why I used the word "also" in my comments. But if...
France was the first country to adopt the minting of milled coins. They did this in 1643. Other countries of the world eventually followed their lead.
I don't disagree one bit. Unfortunately, there seems to be huge numbers of them out there. And I am not just talking about those fooled by this 1...
Easy solution, just say doubled, and you won't.
Well, I would usually not be one to contradict or doubt anything Bowers had to say about coins but I did a little more checking just to satisfy...
Because then he couldn't fool as many people as he does.
Not usually no. Most of the time when a laser has been used on a coin it will be referred to as having altered surfaces. Yes I can easily...
:rolleyes: I didn't say I thought it was any grade at all. I was merely making a tongue cheek comment about your comment.
Yes there are lots of them that are fake. As to what to look for, the most common thing is what we call the mushy look. In other words the edges...
Technically the word devices refers only to the portrait or other major component of the design. Legends, dates, and mottoes are referred to as...
What book is it you are reading ?
Good to see you back posting Mike, you are after all one of the "original" (that can be read as earliest) members of Coin Talk. But we need to get...
Lasers can also be used, in fact are used, to deceptively alter coins and remove/repair hairlines, scratches, contact marks so that they be graded...
Quite true. But then you have other books written by authors of equal notoriety than contradict the books you mention. But then that is to be...
Uhhhh, minor correction, that would be the old and unfashionable ANA (otherwise known as Doug) grading system ;) Gorgeous coin ! I like it a lot !
It's pretty simple, and it's been explained many times. And to understand it you merely need to know what the process is. With Proofs, while the...
I think it is true of any language that unless you are a native speaker of a given language that you are going to make mistakes when you use it,...
The biggest problem with terminology is that too many people use or assign their own definitions to words instead of using the actual established...
Separate names with a comma.
