I'm not sure which particular comment of mine your referring to with this post. What I mean is this - I never claimed anything "was" a genuine...
Not necessarily. A great many counterfeits have been produced with planchets that have the correct metal fineness, size, weight, everything. But...
Ehhh - I'm never gonna say it's post mint damage, but I might say it's artificial toning in some cases - stress some cases. But then that's...
That's a question that I imagine you're gonna get several different answers to. In my eyes, nahhhh, I don't see any difference. A fake is a fake...
That's a great bust on that medal ! I like it !
I don't disagree, I've seen plenty of coins labeled harshly cleaned and then cleanly graded on resubmission - and justly so. Just not near as many...
Cheech I'm not sure what you're talking about ? My post - - was in response to this one made by Jim. Anyway, like I said, I'm not sure what...
When it comes to hairlines on a coin, especially a circulated coin, and whether not it gets cleanly graded, it kinda depends on how many and or...
Gonna getcha for that ! :D
Photograde is for circulated coins only - it does not cover MS/uncirculated coins.
Yeah, they were quite common, anybody could buy them. The mint advertised them on their website for years. Not sure if they still are or not.
Oh there was all kinds of discussions about grading going on in the 50's. But what a lot of folks don't realize is that those discussions had been...
What ? There was vote ! Of course there was a vote - there's always a vote ! And it was a unanimous decision - 1 :)
BUT - his son never paid the 3 million. Gorgeous coin that Lamb of God of yours - a stellar example !
Absolutely correct. But only if and when the dipping is done correctly AND if and when the coin was not already damaged before it was dipped !...
No worries Chris - [ATTACH] - as usual :D
I agree 100% that dipping a coin is and always has been acceptable, and just because a coin has been dipped that does not mean that it has been...
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