I use a Nikon Plan 4 microscope objective with my dSLR which is of equal quality (and potential magnification) to the optics in the best...
That's more than it would cost to set up a pro-level dSLR rig with far more than just microscopic abilities. :)
Yes, this is a pretty common leisure time activity, apparently. :) Most of them are just people playing around, but some are created deliberately...
Yes, and they were hidden with smoke. I could smell it the moment I cracked the coin.
Yes, absolutely possible. Likely, even. Not enough evidence in the images to define anything for certain, though.
This, better than anything else you've written, defines you.
All I'm thinking is, you're getting *some* results from it. Might as well push it to the limit, according to the rule of always being least-intrusive.
Stick with the acetone for the moment. The next time I have to leave a coin in acetone for a full week won't be the first.
You're not actually listening to yourself, are you?
I won't buy them, but I'd research them. "Cull" is a term used only by those lacking in curiosity; you can learn something from everything if...
Wow. Forgive me, but I wouldn't touch that seller with a 10-foot pole, nor would a substantial percentage of aware collectors. The evidence...
No. I don't let subjective preferences interfere with my learning process. "Belief" is the enemy of scholarship.
Problematic; you'll have difficulty selling it as genuine without the slab, and difficulty getting a profitable price with it.
You_do_realize that's at odds with what you're saying about your gold coin, right? :) Successful trolling requires consistency.
Yes, Verdi-Care is appropriate for verdigris on silver alloy coins, too. Sounds like your evaluation is correct. I'm thinking 13a to be a...
:yack::yack::yack::yack::yack::yack::wacky::wacky::wacky::p:p:p Please:arghh::arghh::arghh: :stop: You are breaking us up over here in the TOOL &...
VAM-25. Die cracks are diagnostic.
This was the label on the slab: [ATTACH] This was the coin in that slab: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is what the coin looked like after I...
You don't understand much about metal flow, do you?
This has nothing to do with whether or not we feel TPG toning opinions are accurate, and everything to do with them hedging their bets against...
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