Proof coins that are minted today, and in recent years, are not touched by human hands. But it isn't because the mint people are wearing gloves,...
Pretty simple really - the SS doesn't ask and they don't tell them. It's already happened with other coins that are illegal to own.
First of all you have to understand something, not every coin is a good candidate for cleaning/conservation efforts. The second thing is that haze...
Could be the pics, but looks over-dipped to me.
It's - Grading Coins By Photographs, by Q. David Bowers. Will it help you ? Yes, any book on the subject will help you. But in my opinion there...
Here are 4, 2 PCGS & 2 NGC, that are as bad in my opinion as the subject coin, and yet graded MS65....
There is also some limited porosity on the reverse, but no where near as much as on the obv. There is one other possibility I forgot to mention,...
As a general rule a problem coin will sell for anywhere from 80% to 20% less than what a similar problem free example will sell for. Yeah, that's...
Read this - http://www.cointalk.com/t193708/ Procedure is the same for xylene.
Your line of thinking is exactly the reason why - the easiest fake to get away with is the one where people ask that question. Virtually every...
Understatement of the decade !
There are a few possible causes. It could be a cast fake, it could be a dug coin, or it could have been harshly clean with an acid.
Based on the pics I'm gonna have go with not a Proof. The rims seem well rounded, the coin looks to have ordinary bag marks & rim dings, appears...
Get some xylene.
You can buy pure acetone at any hardware or home improvement store. And no, using acetone on a coin is not considered harsh cleaning. Acetone is...
I also hope Mark's new job goes well. And as has been said, he as is welcome to post here as he ever was. That's purely up to him.
usc - You ask, what am I missing ? I would answer that what you are missing is the obvious. Did you ever stop to consider that perhaps the coin...
All I can say is, you need to pay closer attention for there are a great many coins that I like ;)
That is the entire point Steve, nobody is ever sure if it is natural or not - with any coin, or medal, or token - because nobody can ever prove if...
Lemme ask you guys a question. Since toning does not sit on top of the metal, but is instead a part of the metal itself, then how can scuff marks...
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