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I have a coin for sale on E-Bay with a price guide value of $1,500. There have been two offers made on the coin since I started the listing. The...
I think you will find the thread linked below educational and entertaining. http://www.cointalk.com/t206022/
There are several ways to differentiate a 1916 from a 1917 on a dateless coin. From Cline, they are as follows: 1) On the high grades, the...
I think your coin is edited too and I have one that has a very similar toning pattern. [IMG] In my experience, ASE's will tone very rapidly. I...
The stars were the giveaway
Morgan Dollar
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What he doesn't tell you is that you don't need to stop it. In many cases, it is so slow that you can't see the toning even after decades. How...
I am curious, what is the environmental condition that causes silver coins to tone? I know the answer but am not convinced that you know....
I agree that the TPG's made a conscious choice to change the way the grade coins with respect to cabinet/roll friction.
Sounds like you are coming around to my to my way of thinking regarding gradeflation rather than a conscious change in grading standards by the TPG's.
But Matt, Morgan & Peace Dollars can be found blast white without being dipped so I don't think they would face the same level of scrutiny as a...
This was a gorgeous Pilgrim with the ship sailing on a rainbow sea. Sorry about the old 2002 Heritage scans, all I have to remember it. [IMG][IMG]
I can't prove this, but my feeling is that obviously dipped coins are not getting grades above MS63.
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Here is a link to Mark Goodman's website with a very informative article on how to photograph coins. My Approach to Coin Photography by Mark...
[IMG] I fixed the link for you, just click on the registry banner above. Unfortunately, you don't have photos attached to your registry set so...
Thread of the week.
You shouldn't be surprised. This, along with many of my posts, were made before the inception of the "like" button. Back then, CT used the TOTW....
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