Not a bad idea Chris but I think it would cost a whole lot more than $1 to do it.
Many, if not most, will tell you that copper cannot be successfully dipped. That is because that most of the time, and some will say all of the...
It's not just govt. agencies. The TPGs, coin magazines, publishers, editors, supplies manufactures - they all read the various forums. It's one...
I do have to agree that the coin looks heavily corroded. But if you really think it has a coating on it, and I'm not denying the possibility that...
Yeah, and AU coins really look like BU coins - until you turn them under the light see the luster breaks.
My thoughts are that coin dealers do this already with NGC and PCGS and having been doing it for many years.
Not quite that drastic Eddie. But they did fire the last mint employee that became a member of this forum and actually tried to help people -...
Must be a typo in that description because searching all past Heritage archives for Lot #5341, does not bring up that coin. Nor can I find any...
I do try so to please ;)
Do you not think there is a reason for that consistency ? The point is PCGS is not going to take a bunch of pics and then pick and choose the...
They really don't have any choice in the matter as their prices are dictated by law. Not an exact number mind you, but they have to make a profit...
There is an obvious answer but I don't think I'll bother :rolleyes:
When you are trying to see the luster or color on a coin you have to roll and tilt the coin to see the luster, yes ? That's because some things...
Greg let me ask you a question - when you take pics of a given coin how many different pictures, on average, do you take before you get the one...
What should you do ? Throw the folder away and never attempt to use another one.
Only when they decide that they are responsible. edit - besides, if memory serves they don't guarantee attributions at all.
You are probably not aware then that the Netherlands government once actually stopped minting their own coins because the Russian government was...
Just another example of them cutting slack, being lenient, being generous - whatever you want to call it - on coins of particular value, scarcity,...
Indeed they are not new. I suspect that fakes are nearly as old as coinage itself, and they were and are extremely prolific. Although the first...
Selling sets you don't like and replacing them with sets you do like is always my first recommendation. As far as using acetone to remove haze,...
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