The silver dollars are very heavily faked. How did you find them? The third item appears genuine from the photo, but has been pretty heavily faked...
Great response. There are a lot of very smart people involved, and I would be hesitant to second guess them. The only disagreement I would have...
Ok, I don't know enough about modern world coins. In ancients, I have coins that have never seen a day circulation I would grade VF+/Xf, and a few...
I would go to coin shows Peace. I found a local one offering a good price, (major city). I tired a smaller show and those dealers there were...
Not to be a jerk, but does this give knots in the stomach of some HA buyers? The idea there could be an "evil twin" of your coin floating around...
Since day one of US coin grading maybe. Not universally. Other areas of coin collecting grade on details showing, knowing full well that most...
:( What is wrong with having one dang set of standards and accepting the fact that some dates/mintmarks are inferior and harder to find in good...
Actually, the oxide of lead is yellow. This fact was one of the reasons, besides weight, that alchemists thought lead could be changed to gold,...
Paul, So you are saying that the criteria TPG'ers use vary by date in the same series? Or am I misinterpreting you? Chris
+1 When people talk about "grease" in minting, it is like Rlm states metal shavings and other very hard debris held together by the grease....
Like Doug said, many dates hand punched, so you see variability in the series, especially earlier issues. These were produced in large numbers at...
Good to know, I thought that maybe they had a way to look them up from the TPG'er, but now I know better. Thanks.
I am originally from Iowa, and I can tell you that the land you are talking about is not worth what it sell for economically. What happens is that...
http://www.cointalk.com/t148015/ Was the thread that recently discussed this. It was not talking about MS70 but OLD cleaning, like with soap. I...
Possibly but I doubt it. That case everyone agrees the coins were authentic, just doctored with to fool PCGS into giving a higher grade. I believe...
I have seen the fake slabs done both ways, I have seen multiples of the same SN, and I have seen more expensive ones only have one copy of a valid...
Are you sure this is toning and not just cleaning residue? Blue on copper, as others on another thread here have pointed out, is frequently caused...
Not for a 1999 coin it doesn't. Casinos started to move cashless about then, so there couldn't have been enough wear, plus dimes are RARELY used...
As others have said, most US coins before 1850 or so have been cleaned. Its very difficult to find them that have not. The real question to ask...
:) Always disagree. Russia yes was borrowing under other currencies, but Asian countries weren't. Debt/currency problems are effectively the same....
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