A regular case of what? Considering you're dealing with zinc, give it all the protection reasonable. When exposed to air even with moderate...
Interesting. The first link had none of the other images in it. At least not for me.
There's other problems with that listing: - The reverse is not shown. - The label/slab is not shown and that's in violation of eBay rules. Don't...
At first I thought it was probably reprocessed but then I looked at mine. Now I think it has original surfaces. Nice coin. Get it well protected...
Bunch of people from the eBay Coin Chatroom are going. Okay, maybe a small bunch (~5).
Yep. That's why I use NGC rather than PCGS. In fact I have to look over my stuff and come up with 5 items I'd like slabbed. Got to have at least 5...
Ahhhhhhhhhh, nitric acid and copper. A fun combo. I remember in college chemistry class one of the guys dropping a cent (no clad cents at that...
What was the size of the show (number of dealers)? Sounds like you were happy with it. My recent experiences are that small and medium sized shows...
Does ICG do cleaned coins now? I'm not up to date about that. ANACS definitely does. IF you are going to send the coin out again, I'd go with a...
The Chinese are getting better and better at copying coins, and they are learning and incorporating the key diagnostics. So what do you do? Only...
Further lighting experiments have resulted in the following: - I believe I have approximately the correct positions for my two light sources. -...
Am I remembering correctly? I think you can give them a call and ask for an explanation.
Yep. Look how "flat" your third image appears compared to the other two. And feather detail from a bout 12 to 2 is severely diminished. That's...
I'm no expert but I can generally detect abrasive cleaning. But I had a half dime that got body bagged for being cleaned. Took 10-15 minutes of...
1. Surfaces look original. 2. I don't like the color (but that could be the lighting.) 3. As for grade, I'd say Fine. 4. As for variety (die or...
From your images, I'd say "not cleaned".
Two "white light" Ott-Lites. One from about 11 and the other from about 3. Fairly low angle (about 30 degrees up). Possibly too close to the coin....
To give you an idea of what I'm talking about with regard to my lighting, look at these two images. [IMG] [IMG] This coin is slabbed PCGS...
For the state quarters I collected UNC versions bought from dealers. No proofs. I figure that cost me about $50 over the 10 year period when I add...
Not yet. I looked at some more of my images and they are too washed out. Lifeless. Lacking the detail that the real item has. Before I put anymore...
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