the black is usually indicative of silver(I) sulfide (Ag2S). what would be called in the hobby, "terminal toning" of the silver.... silver...
this is why CAC is still in business doling out green and gold bean stickers.:shame: in every grade, there is low, mid, and high. the high could...
Could we get a picture of the edge also please? My opinion, it's a proof coin, it was sanded in a circular pattern, and it was fake bronzed with...
I'm gonna be "that guy". Ok so, two folks on here called this a silver quarter. How do you KNOW it's silver from the picture? It has an S mint...
Best are #1 and #3, all are AU or lower, hard for me to tell for sure or not about cleaning and luster off of a stable image, so no comment on...
The way early coins were made is very different than those produced today. Prior to the use of a steam powered press, each coin was produced by 3...
This is one of those things where I just hate buying in a bulk lot. I'd rather go to my LCS and cherry pick coins that are average circulated to...
it's sitting with my bills apparently. I talk to my postal carriers, they all have mail out on their delivery trucks that doesn't even belong to...
I guess my problem with dipped coins is that in a nutshell, it will retone and a lot of times its blotchy as if maybe the previous person dipping...
Hi halfcent1793, Yeah, that's what I thought about it also, it seemed pretty on the money with what I knew avbout rainbows, prisms, light and...
Guys, I found this post on collectors universe about toning , wavelengths of light. colors, this is not my work, and I only know the screen name...
I'm gonna guess the gouge through trust on the reverse was there prior to the engraving. If it was that worn and had that nasty of a scrape, maybe...
Artificial to me. It doesn't transition properly between colors and isn't just one color either. Then there's that odd area of less toning at 10...
As far as the 1974 cent goes. You tell me, which obverse and reverse die pair would that coin be made with? http://www.varietyvista.com/01b LC...
Hi Yall, I got sucked into this, and started on the silver eagle. if you can't tell that coin is a fake without "a closer look" you need your eyes...
Speaking for myself, I'm gonna keep whatever I have even if I turn out looking like this with my coin album! [ATTACH]
I'm a big fan of this post from thomas mozzillo, clear concise, no messing around, a picture and give the references to head them in the right...
on the CAC website already linked, there is a directory search function at the top in the black bar for CAC submission centers, i.e. dealers that...
As I understand that within a grade level you have high, mid, and low as far as the quality of the coin in the slab at that grade. The CAC green...
Take any newly minted coin which is uncirculated (you probably have a few in your pocket change somewhere) and tilt the coin to the light under...
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