Correct, and that's the only way you can undo damage that has already been done. Short and sweet all you're doing is inflicting more damage of a...
Both the slab pic and cert pic say the same thing - original. It's the pictures that are contradictory. I think the answer is simple and right in...
There are literally thousands of errors and varieties that NGC and PCGS will not attribute and put on a slab label. And it's not only world coins...
The cause is simplicity itself - air and improper storage. Silver, toning dark and sometimes completely black, is the most common toning there is....
There is a veritable mountain of information, papers, and published studies about it all out there. All ya gotta do go look for it. :) I've spent...
Perish the thought of that ever being the case ! And oh thank god for small favors ! :)
Better make that about 2 1/2 weeks, depending on your job of course. 1 ducat =15 guilders In and around 1600 an outdoor laborer made 6 1/2...
Hmmm - I think that means it's all your fault :D
If I have to remove 1 more thread, or post, like those I removed yesterday and today - well it's not just the threads that are going to be removed...
And I understand that, and I don't disagree with it - from your point of view as a potential buyer. But this is what he wanted to know. So, for...
Yeah I can now but I sure couldn't in the first one. Thank you !
For what purpose ? Neither of the two gold coins he mentioned has any value to speak of over the gold content. He can walk into any dealer's shop...
[IMG] I dunno, maybe my eyes are going funny. But with what looks like a date of 1901 on that dime - are you sure it is silver ?
That's the beauty of establishing relationships with dealers Frank, you can do stuff like that. And I always strongly recommend establishing...
Your link doesn't say one way or the other, it just says iron. But if you have the coin in hand it should be a simple matter to look at it closely...
Not at all. If the customer can continue shopping elsewhere, the dealer can continue trying to sell elsewhere.
Typically information like that is provided, mentioned, in the books that catalog the coins of a given country by giving you the coin's...
You should also probably be aware of something else. A provenance of coming from a well known collection/collector can't really be used as an...
Lemme put it this way and sum it up in one word - don't ! There have been more threads and posts about proper cleaning than one would ever care...
I don't know anything about these particular coins - were they iron that was coated or plated with something ? I ask because you used the word...
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