If it’s a genuine NGC holder how did a counterfeit coin get in it? NGC has a guarantee where if they authenticate a fake coin as genuine they...
Congrats! Keep it up! :)
Awesome thanks! I’ll do that in the future for sure. :)
So holding a coin by the edges like this is OK then right? [ATTACH]
Got it. Thanks! No more cotton gloves for me! Not gonna throw them out though since I have other uses for them. xD
Fair enough! I was just saying I was told so that people didn’t just assume I did it on my own and that I did try to learn proper handling even...
It was only a tiny tiny speck of dust so all I had to do was hold my coin by the rims and hold it beneath my room’s ceiling fan (without dropping...
I keep my coins in my safe with silica packs and I smoke outside whereas my safe is inside so I think they should be safe as long as I wash my...
I only got the cotton gloves because it’s what everyone recommended.
I’m talking about nicotine on the fingers. If you have nicotine on your fingers and transfer it to the coins by touching it the coin will tone...
I always wash my hands before handling a coin as I’m a smoker and don’t want nicotine to get on my coins. Someone once told me nicotine can cause...
Yeah it was one of the V75 ASEs that came out not long ago. They come in capsules inside little US mint boxes like all other proof Silver Eagles....
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Hmm I didn’t know the TPGs took photos to hide marks & defects. Maybe they should stop doing that and take photos that show as many identifying...
I didn’t take any pics because I wanted to get it back in the holder as quickly as possible after gently removing the tiny speck of whatever. My...
Hello everyone, Today I put on my cotton gloves because my V75 Proof ASE had a little speck of something on it and I wanted to get it off. I...
Yup!
Ahh ok thanks for the info! I mean even the “doubles” didn’t have more gold than the older aureus coins. What’s crazy is that with Roman gold...
Well all of my coins match the TPG photo almost exactly. So yours just might be an exception. We all have a lot to learn before talking about...
I didn’t know either and I majored in Classical History. xD Apparently the heavy Aureus counted as two Aureii in financial transactions. I had...
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