Yeah they're still legal tender. Demonetization is a legal technicality, one that requires the force of law, just as monetization does. But...
It's not that it's more aggressive really, just that all the different ingredients allow it to dissolve things that acetone by itself won't....
Even 20 years ago the NGC forum was the slowest (defined as least activity) of the numismatic forums. Yeah they had some great members, very...
As a general rule of thumb, any problem coin, damaged or some other problem, will be worth anywhere from 20-80% of what a problem free example...
There's always one thing you always have to take into consideration. No matter what dealer you pick, even those with the very best of reputations,...
Yeah it's unusual but it does happen. It's typically caused by storage methods, like something being placed on top a coin, either accidentally or...
Figures, the one thing I didn't even think of :(
I am far from being the only one who has flat out stated that most coins have been dipped. Q. David Bowers, Ken Bressett, just to name a couple,...
This is the part that throws me. I say that because I've never seen marks quite like those before. [IMG] Some are wider than the others, (and...
Are there those who did not dip and do not dip coins ? Absolutely ! But there are far more who did and do. Especially from the 1970s and going...
Yeah, it would be "funny", (hard to believe) if you were simply unaware of a few facts. Like - collectors have been dipping coins to remove toning...
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