Well sometimes old stuff is worth reading again :)
First ya need to understand that haze is nothing more than one of the beginning stages of toning. Then you need to realize that while it can...
Yes, there is always a value range for any coin, but it is a limited range, not an infinite one. My single and personal interpretation of value...
A lot of people use the terms whizzed, whizzing as generic terms to refer to coins that have a lot of lines from harsh cleaning, and or actual...
In some cases I'm sure it is.
Well, the way the coin was finally determined to be a counterfeit was the weight, it was too light, and the diameter of the coin, it was too...
No it's not, it's the principle I'm talking about, and it's exactly the same in both situations. The TV buyers do not know what they are doing,...
Oh I know that's what they say, and yeah, they always used to be struck at least twice. But given the quality of regular Proofs over the last 10...
There's many different companies who make and sell slabs, not just the TPGs. Some are made of the same materials as the ones the TPGs use and some...
Perhaps it's a bit nit picky but that's way beyond haze ! And to be honest I doubt MS70 would do much good as the toning is way too advanced, but...
It's definitely been harshly cleaned, and definitely not whizzed. (Whizzing has a very distinctive look and that aint it.) As for the pitting, not...
Some slabs are acrylic, just depends who makes them.
Makes sense it would be. But seems to me I've read about the type of plastic it is and the company/ies that makes the slabs for them. But I can't...
Toning and luster are very closely tied to each other, the one depends upon the other to a large degree. So as a general rule, if a coin has low...
I can see where that could be used as an indicator but I've seen quite a few examples where there were variations in the same letters on the same...
I'm inclined to agree. Though there are examples of older Proofs where it is said they were struck 4, even 5 times. And no, don't ask me to list...
Is "splash toning" actually a thing? Only if it serves its advertising purposes and helps sell the thing ! :rolleyes:
Amen to that ! I couldn't go any better than 63 myself.
If anyone can offer up anything, and once some time has passed to allow them to do so, I'll explain how I found out it was a counterfeit.
I wish you could post it here. Unfortunately because of copyright law you cannot, unless you get written permission from him to do so.
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