Instead of "I am an FBI agent" maybe his handle should be "I am a friggin idiot". Or, maybe not, who knows, to paraphrase an old saying, "there is...
Maybe I am getting old, but I just see a badly battered, (and unfortunately the worst is in the prime focal area), BU double eagle. I do not see...
Common Ching cash. Looks authentic, but VG grade. In bulk these go for as little as $.20 each. I agree, though, that if you like it $3 is nothing....
Is it really thin? I almost see an Ummayid denar there if you rotated it a quarter turn.If its not really thin, its not islamic silver, but could...
I agree. Btw, you do not need to be a financial planner to have an informed opinion on macroeconomic events. I passed the CFP exam years ago, and...
Hmmm, Amanda might have said it, but its not a new term. Heck, I heard the Hunt Brother and NFA catalogs described as coin porn in the 80's. :)
I think most on CT wouldn't sir, but you cannot deny our culture's inherent disdain and lack of understanding of cultures foreign to us. Heck,...
I have never heard that. Yes, the Chinese liked the 8 reales, due to their own coinage being underweight and extensively counterfeited. Chinese...
Hopefully he is busy working a job and too busy to participate here. He is a young man who needs to learn the value of a hard week's work. I...
But what of things like removing active bronze disease Doug? Do you consider this just "cleaning"? Badthad's product helps with mild stuff, but...
Correct, I agree. Go back further in time and you will see more variability than you see from the 17th-19th centuries. Such a stable, "fixed"...
Btw Doug, yes, gold has been nearly valueless in many, many cultures in the last 6,000 years. Placing a high value on gold is a LEARNED trait. The...
The law is an abject failure here. Dealers quitting or moving out of state, outside coin firms refusing to ship into MN, everything. It feels like...
True. I am just old fashioned I suppose. The literal meaning of conserving is to preserve. That is why I chafe at calling normal cleaning as...
I have washed off such "haze" with distilled water and commercial hand cleaner Doug. I bought an estate from a heavy smoker, and all of the coins...
Doug is right in that most people use the term conserving and proper cleaning interchangably. I never have though, since to me I will do things to...
Uh, nope. I do not agree. To me, the definition is one of intent. To me: 1. Conserving - the act of saving the coin from certain destruction....
Doug claims gold tones, other, (including me), claim impurities in gold coins like silver or copper can tone or create "spots", and gold coins can...
Very likely Jim. When I said overdipped, I was not blaming the dipper necessarily. I have overdipped coins exactly like you described. If I...
Two things. First, I vehemently disagree with Kaparthy throwing away Nazi coins, or anything similar. History is just that, history. You cannot...
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