I'm not saying that I don't agree with you to an extent... but I see more harm in adding something to a coin that it never had....for example...
I bought this coin for a customer a couple of years ago. I bought it and paid for it... just didn't keep it around for long... and I still own...
The only difference I see between this and artificial toning is that more often then not artificial toning is done to hide something that is wrong...
I was going to resubmit it to NGC. I would guess that the toning did develop because of the fingerprints. There is always a risk when dipping a...
That's because people have dipped coins that either shouldn't have been dipped or just weren't that nice to begin with.
I know most coin folks look down upon dipping coins. There are very few coins that I think are a candidate for dipping but from time to time I see...
Not necessarily. I try to cater to everybody. I wish I had time to post a complete inventory online... or an inventory at all for that matter....
They have been around for a long time and I haven't ever heard anything bad from the folks that come in the door at my shop. They were one of the...
They got the date spacing correct for a 1893 S. The one is centered over the denticle. The 1893 S is the only 1893 of which the 1 is centered over...
You might try consigning to Bowers and Merena. A couple of years ago they merged with a very large world coin auction house and they run some very...
Whaddaya guys think of this coin? I know the boxes they put these caused them to tone... but why the strange tone on the obverse. Thoughts? I...
On the reverse? That's just part of the GSA black plastic insert. There is no damage there.
I remember hearing stuff like this when I was a teenager running around coin shows and buying & selling coins. I remember hearing things like...
It is the VAM 3.
Here ya go. [ATTACH]
It is the capped die.
The weakness on the reverse is caused from the lack of pressure from the void in the obverse die. It's most definitely a cud. It is however not...
Just got it back this morning. [ATTACH]
I think it's just the way the light caught the design. There isn't any damage or anything there.
I was gonna say... 6,000 is a small amount of coins to go through for a good find like that.
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