If you use the search button in the above menu bar, you will find that several have shown up here before. If you search the internet, you will...
Niko, in the post below on another thread, you said you have read the redbook thoroughly. There is a section in it concerning the 1861 Confederate...
Recommended reading for those interested by Levi and Corell, available from Amazon "The Lovett Cent; a Confederate Story" is about the...
Hopefully someday soon, the terms AT and NT will change to "market acceptable/ non market acceptable" because that is what it is all about. If the...
Type B reverse. Jim
Jesse, Welcome to the forum and no disrespect intended, but this is like someone saying they have an original Declaration of Independence dated...
Unless a person actually knew exactly what the varnish/shellac/lacquer actual was, there is no good answer. Luckily, chemicals that can remove all...
I agree with Doug's point. I am still convinced that the "fingerprint" doesn't remain, but the toning/corrosion ( whatever) due to it's previous...
Also, distilled water doesn't remain distilled water once it is removed from a full sealed container, the same for many solutions. The exposure to...
Doug, that is a strange cut. Is it possible it might be a lamination problem? Jim [/COLOR][/LEFT]
About a year ago, I posted on this Peace dollar which was supposedly wrapped in soft cloth for protection by the owner and forgotten. Just noting...
LeHigh, I certainly don't have any problem with the one you show either. If my screen colors are correct, I see gold, blue, russet, and possibly...
RNCJ, The coins in that thread were not so dominantly one color as yours. Again, yours may be completely NT, and as you see, most responders...
:) If a person has had little background, they may find it interesting to take several coins with different toning colors and look at them...
In the absorption model, imagine various photons bearing energy levels that produce various wavelengths of color hitting the surface( photons can...
Coinguy, maybe this thread will be of interest to you http://www.cointalk.com/t68146/#post679058 Jim
IMO, it should read "has been OVERDIPPED it will no longer tone attractively." If a silver coin is going to be ATed, it will generally be dipped...
It really depends on the type of coating material available when it was done. If it was done in the 30s-40s, then it was probably natural shellac...
I guess I am the exception, I agree with PCGS. Please note I am not saying it is AT, nor that it is not NT, just that it is questionable. My...
I received mine last week, I ordered one of the hardbound and got it autographed. Here is the thread on another forum ( and you should sign up...
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