CGS ? Not sure (for both questions) what they would say because I'm not all that familiar with them to be honest. But die scratches should be...
And you'll see a video of it occurring in post #22 of this thread - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/frosting.352516/page-2
I don't know any other way to explain it to ya, it's simply a matter of knowing how to grade. You can call it experience, skill level, whatever ya...
GSDykes - I mean no offense here whatsoever. But you completely misunderstand what you're reading there. Take any Proof coin you want, hold it in...
The day that prices dropping even becomes a consideration at all - that is the day you should get out ! And if ya don't understand what I mean,...
You guys might wanna mark your calendars - I agree with baseball. God that was hard to say ! And to think I said it out loud :D And Goldfinger,...
Basically the same thing that coin scratches are, only on a die - the metal of the die is scratched. How ? Many different ways it can happen. It...
Correct, and 5x is the specific and designated level of magnification.
There are both coin scratches and die scratches on that coin. Granted that's what most folks call them, but in reality they are die scratches,...
;) edit - Just as a note of interest, all business strike dies are polished in the same kind of machine. And while the machine in the video is...
Merely for the purpose of clarification and understanding, the mint switched back and forth between sand blasting and acid etching many times....
Nope it isn't. Released is the key word, and it is the only word that applies accurately and covers all situations. That's because not all coins...
If freshly minted coins are in storage at the mint then they have not been released to anybody, so they are not monetized yet. Meaning they are...
It's pretty simple in the end, all ya have to do is remember one thing. Plastic buyers far, far outnumber actual coin buyers. That is the engine...
It's pretty simple, it all depends on what your definition of "safe" is. You'll find books, articles, quotes, and even live talks where some of...
Yeah I know. And if you keep looking you'll eventually find the article where they show the actual machine that polishes the dies and does the...
The true answer to all of this discussion about when coins become money is this - the coins are monetized, that's the actual word, when they are...
Diamond paste yes but no taping as there is no need for it. When dies are polished it is/was done in a machine - not by human hands. The reason...
You can get the exact same effect with a background of any color. Proofs show the black/white effect all by themselves, in pictures and in hand,...
Yup, it happens, and rather often. But do ya know why that is, why it happens ? It happens because people are doing something, that in gambling,...
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