I could not prove it, but I strongly suspect that any large submission of toned coins by a non-top PCGS dealer would be highly questionable....
GDJMSP is correct about what I meant. The chemical reactions are the same. There is no difference or we wouldn't be having this conversation, PCGS...
What exactly is "ethical"? A deal is only done when both sides agree. Any accepted deal should be "ethical". If a collector finds a 1914-D cent...
I see the pitting, but I don't see any active chemical reaction currently present. Are you saying this coin was not like this before? If it was...
Often, after a thread has died a natural death, a redundant one is opened due to the poster not searching first. Since there is another longer...
Please read Cloudsweeper99 posting above many times. Sometimes the Bullion Investing group seems to be the Gambler's forum. Precious metals is an...
I also think it is a pure political post, as the article say "Employees would be allowed to raise or lower their contributions, or opt-out of the...
It doesn't appear to me to be either Snow-1 ( FS#301) or Snow-2 ( FS#302). The Snow -1 would have the foot of the 7 more prominent at the bottom...
We are talking about a group of chemical reactions that can go through a process of reacting with a coin and if uninterrupted can go from no...
Welcome to the Forum Steve. Now according to many on the forum, if you moved on purpose to get toned coins, you are a coin doctor and the coins...
Ha, yes I have a "few" old rural glass electrical insulators that are interesting colors. I have considered faceting some of it, but I have enough...
Quartzite is not the same as quartz. Quartzite is sandstone which has been transformed into an opaque rock. The largest quartz crystal of record...
Oh, and you must be confusing me with another, I didn't call Krispy a troll. Jim
Actually, the real crystal balls of antiquity were of clear quartz, and I think one in eastern Europe was aquamarine. Use of the term "crystal"...
A little dip of this...a little dip of that....makes the coin go around......
Welcome to the forum! Don't buy any gemstones from native street sellers, pretending they don't know their value, there either, 97% are...
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