*sigh* I'm done trying.
I'm not joking here; I'm genuinely dismayed and disheartened by your attitude. Every chemist affiliated with this site acknowledges the scientific...
It is a major revelation to me that you don't believe in science, and negatively impacts my personal opinion of you. Go do the experimentation...
Well, if you're gonna park money in numismatics, you could choose a far riskier concentration. :)
I think all that @jwitten has done there is prove the quality of his eye for coins, rather than offering anything either way about MS60's. :)
I was hesitant to post this, since I kinda wanted to keep the guy all to myself. :) He's the seller from whom I've been buying many of my...
Wait, you've just publicly denied the widely-known scientific certainty that acetone cannot alter the metal of a coin, and then advocated using an...
Weren't we talking about how the counterfeiters came up with a pattern coin for their work?
They're far scarcer at the higher grade level; not sure if the TPG is factoring strike and eye appeal that strongly at 65. Yours is poorly-struck...
Yeah, it would take some standout features to attribute a new pairing based on a VF coin. Dirty little VAMming secret. :)
And don't forget - the damage done by dipping is cumulative; the coin never "heals" from a previous dipping. It will stand only a certain number...
Yeah, this issue is prominent on my list of "series I won't be able to resist collecting forever" due to their availability (aside a stopper or...
Because 1884-S is difficult to find in Mint State, and will cost you five figures if you actually find one. They had to use what they could get....
No.
Big ol' heavy hunk of copper. :)
How could it be a "Super-Fake" if it won't pass a cursory examination from anyone familiar with varieties of the series in question?
There's a bit of a difference between E-Zest and MS-70.... With the former, you are permanently removing the top layer of metal off the coin, and...
Think of the boon to the file and icepick industries.
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