If he can get it for cheaper then he'd be happy, nothing wrong with setting the bar high then slipping under it.
If it is Artificially Toned, it's not a half bad job, but be careful of attempts at target toning, they can have mixed results such as the spots...
[IMG] People often asked me, "How do you play the piano with all those rings on?" I tell them, "Very well!"
I haven't been able to touch my feet for the past 20 years, so I have to use an alternate method. A pair of vice grips on the corners will split...
Jr. Samples when to a mind reader....after 5 minutes they gave him his money back.
One of these days I'm going to blow the lid off of taping & flowing in the dry wall business.
I'm going to link an article by Bill Fivaz about what is going on here, even Bill claims these anomalies should not alter the perception of how...
After reading this again, I'm still in the camp that total "plastic deformation" has not occurred 100% to eradicate marks that the surface of the...
I had a Great Aunt with gnarly arthritic fingers and when she'd want to pinch you, she'd sometimes grab to much skin and it would not hurt, but...
I have seen "short stack" $10 rolls from a bank in Denver that had to have been done in the 20's as the bank failed in 1929. These were 1921-D...
At age 13, Emery May Holden Norweb made a portfolio of coin rubbings prepared in 1908 that were made from the American coins in the collection of...
This will not directly answer your question, but it's along the lines of obtaing and legal ownership of errors. Before the advent of the Schuler...
$32.50 Numismedia Price Guide (NGC graded coins are close to this guide)
Envelope toning
I would guess it was a dug coin, acidic soil conditions no less, some type of environmental damage to the exposed surfaces. BTW....cameo...
I think the slab is tilted just a tad, which has tilted the coin, which makes the "S" mint mark look a little funky and out of position.
This is a no-brainer.. No were else in the history of collectables does anyone want toned, hazed, marbeled, irridesent, splottchy, or colored...
Almost impossible to determine if this is the real deal or not. I thought those new iPhones 3GS took better pictures than that. That's a teaser...
This may or may not hold true in all instances, but from 1991 forward, the San Fransisco Mint really began to excel at proof coining. There maybe...
To my knowledge nary a one has been authenticated, only speculated. The story is documented with Mint correspondence relating to a Mint employee...
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