Original packaging pretty much always pushed the value up for those who collected them. To others it made no difference at all. But then that's...
There's a couple of things here. The first would be that what a lot of folks call carbon spots or refer to as being carbon spots - are not carbon...
Geeez eddie you're going down a whole different road here ! :D But since you started down that road ..... . The problem was that the people who...
I don't, but it should be pretty easy to find the specific gravity of any coin online.
It's not just ebay/PayPal that won't accept prepaid cards, any prepaid cards, even prepaid debit cards issued by specific banks as directed by the...
Well as long as they don't slide across the surface of the coin while you're trying to pick the coin up with them - that's true. But if they do...
People like me who spent 40 years or more collecting Mint Sets/Proof Sets in original packaging. :)
Yeah, they'll work as they are not air permeable like plastics are. But they are also not transparent and if any moisture ever did get in, the...
There's one reason I always recommend the final distilled water rinse - it's because sometimes the drying acetone will leave a whitish cast to the...
There's really nothing else TO SEE about the striking process beyond what is shown and explained in this thread. The basic striking process of...
With Sackys the spotting problem wasn't because of the planchet rinse, it was because of the unique alloy. And the way they solved it was they...
Guys, I can first remember the issue of acetone sometimes causing copper to turn weird colors was discussed, by well known and respected...
Yes it does, you just can't see it because it's happening so fast. And because you don't know where to look. This is about the best pic, a still...
That's because 6% is way, way low. And below is the explanation for why. It's just an educated guess but I would estimate that somewhere around...
Ya know panzerman, one of these days they're gonna write about you ;)
And that's your answer John. Basically, when it comes to whether or not a coin is deemed worthy of the CAM or DCAM designation it's a matter of...
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