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If it didn’t alter the METAL surface of the coin then it’s just a cleaned coin with NO EFFECT TO THE METAL. ACID EATS METAL thus altering the...
This was the seventies no slabs and internet. It’s was a crap coin and he knew it. I had looked at that coin for weeks. I had bought from this guy...
That puts that subject to bed FOR GOOD. Thank you Mr. Bellman.
Oops, Duck
If it looks like a duck and doesn’t quack it’s NOT a I just call um as I sees um.
Please read and understand what I’m saying. Those coin doctors aren’t doctors at all the are conservators of coins they clean not degrade coins...
Think about it. If they introduced “oil” into the process any resulting copper coin would soon be a small blue disk would it not? Just asking.
So did mine albeit a VERY slow one. More like an anti aircraft gun. LOL Great picture thanks!
I know it doesn’t make me popular but I HATE doctored coins and the people that do it for the WRONG reasons. No implications are being make at all...
Let’s be clear hear. The name Dippers used here is not the proper numismatic terminology. Its a coin DOCTOR. Anyone who alters the Metallic...
BTW find one or two Dealers on EBay call them and deal with them, get a relationship going and buy from them. Don’t drive yourself crazy think of...
Most of the raw coins sold on EBay are WAY overpriced. The slabbed stuff is okay but generally at the top of the market. I just buy commons if I...
I HATE rim burrs, I stay away from them as I think that most are unattractive. I do collect errors but really don’t like mundane commons such as...
I love that illustration it shows the results of MD perfectly, it’s just how it looks. Thanks for digging that one up.
Hey life to short to worry about one common coin so much. It’s an error, a minor error. Find more and you’ll have more examples to match up. I...
This job used to be done by Engravers. Highly skilled craftsmen that went through years of apprenticeship to do this job. Now it’s a WG government...
That does not look like my old 100Ton presses, LOL
Okay I’ll chime in again. Being a 45 year plus numismatist and a Mill Wright for years working with large German platten presses and modern CNC...
Hum, were I worked he would have taken a “fall” years earlier. But I’ll give him that he does produce some nice errors. Just wish we could custom...
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