Slabs aren't airtight. They are no kind of protection for the coin, save impacts. Ziplock bags are air tight. Your worst enemy as a numismatist is...
Despite this seller's record of overgrading and selling cleaned/cracked Details coins in "legit" holders, I don't recall ever seeing an actual...
The prevalence of Chinese manufacturers in the counterfeiting arena shouldn't obscure the fact that there are more than a few operating from...
When knife hits metal, something has to be displaced for a cut to appear. The displaced metal is shifted to one side or both - most normally one...
Yeah, I'd be a lot less worried about junk silver than stuff with numismatic value. There is no black and white in numismatics. :)
Acetone is an organic solvent which removes tape residue completely and safely to the coin. I'll have to re-emphasize the caveat I posted, though...
So he's a careful scam artist. :)
That's too cool for school. :) It's one of the types which can get breathlessly hyped on Ebay by people who don't understand what circulation...
I'm pulling for you. Nothing's certain - one set of small images online can never be an authoritative authentication reference. Heck, we don't...
Tape residue is a non-event as long as you're familiar with the use of acetone. The only caveat is that the surfaces will acquire patina...
When I look at a coin like this, I see someone wearing it around their neck through the Civil War. The hole is elongated, definitely a worn piece...
Location: New York Free shipping from outside US. Only two prior Feedbacks; the only one visible is a fake 1867 Seated Quarter (only one die...
Thank you for the privilege of finally seeing one of these "in the wild," so to speak. It's a first for me.
This one's kinda worn. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's a knife cut, like dozens we've all seen. Circulation since the cut has created anything we might see as anomalous here. The cut from the...
Pretty much exactly that.
He has long since blown his case with incessant online blathering about the affair. Any defense lawyer has enough to savage his position. It's too...
Whut? Snerk. It's....heck, for $2 I'd have taken the chance too. :) I blew it up in the Gimp, and still cannot convince myself that what I see...
You ever thrown a Superball into a small, bare room as hard as you could? That's how I navigate a bourse. If the ceiling weren't so far up I'd go...
What do they go for raw? 69 is insufficient for added value to someone who wants the slab and the grade, aside those who don't realize that of 14k...
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