I think he's talking about the spot at the back edge of the hair in the field - not the one on the neck.
Yeah, I know. You're still missing the point I'm making. And XRF can only do 1 thing - the "sniffer" can do several different things. They are not...
is it real ? No way to tell - but then with pics, any pics, there rarely ever is.
My primary point is this, an XRF and the "sniffer" are not the same things, do not do the same things. "the PCGS Coin Sniffer will analyze the...
Those are not die polish lines.
Yeah, but that's NOT what the "sniffer" is. The TPGs do have, and use XRF though. And handheld XRF units do resemble a ray gun. A description,...
[IMG] This one has been messed with, no grade.
They have a long list of materials that are unacceptable and will result in a no grade. Cleaning materials that are acceptable, (distilled water,...
There is no "set" thing, sometimes you have to experiment a bit because different putty has different ingredients. For example, sometimes you...
These discussions of the pros and cons of using acetone on copper have been going on in coin forums for at least 20 years that I know of. And it's...
Or a combination of all of them both obv and rev.
Solvents of one kind or another, and sometimes first one and then another.
Read the forum rules, they explain why.
They most definitely do ! I strongly suspect the Damaged designation is because of the scratches on the bell. [ATTACH] I call that damage.
They do ! They've BEEN doing it for as long as PCGS has.
Coins that portray ruler much younger looking.... With that as the topic it'd be kinda hard to forget about Louis XIIII, The Sun King. His reign...
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I have no idea who posted those percentages or when or where but I strongly disagree with them. And based on experience the TPGs definitely do not...
Same thing you see, that the color/toning is, apparently, no where near as dark as the original pics. That said, videos are worse than terrible...
It varies, sometimes greatly. Just like it is with toning, putty drying out is dependent on air flow - the more there is the faster it happens,...
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