I thought I read somewhere that table salt has to used cautiously. Something about giving off chlorine gas during the process. True or not?...
If you want to start collecting, fine. Nothing wrong with proof sets, and so much the better if they are silver. BUT IMO buying US Mint products...
I'm not familiar with xylene. My solvent of choice is acetone. And to the best of my knowledge all common coining metals are inert with respect to...
First, way to go!!! Sounds like you have a good thing going. Looks like that will keep you busy for a while. Second, lesson #1. Although the...
No, didn't stop for a look. I stopped at any table that looked like it might have what I want. That was probably 50-100 stops. That ate up all my...
Yep, that's the one, or as he mentioned, one of the three. Next one is in June.
Here's the half cent I bought. The mottling isn't NEARLY as extreme as the image shows. I can take pictures with pretty good details, but...
My question is, "Would a major TPG grade this coin?" My experience is that they don't like dark toning because they can't tell if it's hiding...
A report on yesterday's visit to the Whitman show in Baltimore. Attendance seemed to be normal for a Friday morning. Plenty of people but not a...
Certified authentication to me implies slabbing. No reputable dealer could create a guarantee that would be universally acceptable. That means...
While getting some Brown Ikes ready for listing, I encountered something interesting (maybe). All of them have varying degrees of milky hazing....
Don't know about your orientation problem, but I suggest putting something black under your slab when you image your coins. The white background...
Those incised Indians are tough to grade by the average collector. I don't try. To me the Peace dollar is in the same category.
Nice catch. Really makes your day. I've lucked out and have had two coins turn out to be more valuable varieties. And both had been slabbed!!! I...
Nice group of coins. I'm particularly fond of ½¢ coins. You got a nice one; the 13 star variety. I like the 2¢ coin also. Looks like lots of...
Call NGC and ask if you can send them in the original packaging since you want to retain the "Early Release" designation. My experience says they...
Wow!!! A very impressive coin. I assume struck on a cent planchet. My wallet-buster is a 1909-S IHC in PCGS MS-66 BN.
It would help if you told us a bit more. Like what/where is MSNS?
Definitely no better than F. As to the "cleaned" part, it would be quite unusual to have that much "original" color after having that much...
Whoa, mama!!! Great coins to start with; excellent results at the end.
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