Price wasn't bad in the bigger picture, especially considering the older ANACS slab. As has been mentioned, the toning will likely look darker...
This is why I rail against bumping old threads. The person who bumped it is not going to get any realistic help, and half the people reading won't...
I could not be more pleased to see you've earned your Best Answer. :D
I don't believe it'll get any "worse," but it can't hurt to hedge your bets. :) Unlike the silver toning process, copper oxidation reaches the...
I'll defer to your obviously greater knowledge of the process, but my worry was more about the extra pages involved than the cost of the...
As far as goes retailing or grading them, I could not and would not. But imaging coins or writing about them? I'd do that every waking minute of...
I would strongly advise using methods less-intrusive than stripping metal off the surface (which is what E-Zest does) first. We have no idea what...
What a helpful post. This ought to be a Best Answer. As a back-of-napkin estimate, Ardatirion, how many man-hours do you have invested in pure...
That's not for the weak of heart, considering the ingredients you have to play with. If you get it wrong, violence - to your body - happens. :)
Makes sense, and under LIBERTY is where the hammer die became unable to contain the strike in its' rim gutter. Then, though, we're left wondering...
All true, every word. I am being deliberately discouraging - although, I hope, factual - for a reason. If I can discourage you here, you don't...
Felt good, didn't it? :D I wonder, though, if maybe they were submitted with a "minimum grade" caveat?
I don't want to sound like I'm defending banks - the very thought makes me nauseous - but let's look at this from a different viewpoint. A good...
I'd stand a better chance with Laura. She's a loose cannon, just like me. :D
/facepalm So, have they become so incompetent that they've abdicated concern about the most fundamental consideration when creating a new coin...
What I wouldn't give. I'd finally be able to put worthy coins under my lenses, and see just_what I'm capable of with a camera. :) The only...
On the other hand, the PCGS Auction Archive is now free, and the entire Heritage archive is just a subset of it. If Heritage chooses to move to a...
Quite a pleasure to see someone actually offer an idea as to what it is, rather than just posting what it isn't. :)
I dunno; it just seemed obvious to me that a "fresh" area had to have been created after the toning. Then again, not having similar thought...
I'm thinking the "seam" on the side was caused by whatever held it tightly enough to do the machining operation on the obverse. This is a classic...
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