No big thing; we're going back and forth but I ain't feeling any hate either way. I'm pushing the subject because I'm not sure myself, and it's...
If you haven't shipped, he hasn't seen the coin in hand. So he decided it was cleaned based on your images. And then bid $157 on it. Screw him.
This. The hairlines were likely there before you cleaned it, then, having been done when the coin was intially recovered.
All of that; it was difficult to produce/anneal strong dies with production line quality back then. So bad dies abounded, and they had to push the...
Given the assurance with which you're expressing your points, you're plainly certain that you're correct. That makes you the only participant with...
This. Too much detail in Monticello survives to take the easy way out and instantly pronounce it PMD. I suspect the lamination was detached by the...
Don't take it wrong when I describe this one as the "least rare" of the Lincolns with "wrong" AM's. It still doesn't grow on trees. :) In truth,...
Pronouncing it authentic is beyond my expertise, although I don't see any real reason to doubt it. However, you've destroyed any numismatic value...
It's not uncommon for a piece to break off of a die during use. There are some titanic forces involved - striking pressure is some 150 tons, and...
Yup. Quite possible. This also begs the question, "Who cares where it came from? It's a nice coin."
It's because this place allows it.
The way that it's propagated in one single color is the red flag to me. It's hinting that it happened quickly and evenly unlike album toning which...
For some numismatists - myself among them - varieties are the draw. Those minute little differences are information, and that's what it's all...
Heh. Here's where it gets fun. I love the coin, it deserves the grade, but I don't think that's original toning. :) That looks more like "dip...
Citation needed.
Yeah, kinda that. :(
If you already have the infrastructure to create vaccuum packs, it's trivial to create a new one. Supplies are cheap, cheaper than Ziplocks if you...
It's a little too "regular" for me to easily believe PMD, although it has to be a possibility. Just as likely is an odd (but not unknown) incident...
It would be far easier and safer if the images weren't embedded in .pdf files.....generally, one uses caution when opening .pdf files online,...
That sounds wise. Toners have an audience, but that audience might not necessarily be watching that week. So this would be one of those rare...
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