By today's TPG standards, I would agree with you :p
You're exactly right - it doesn't, it doesn't matter at all. And i'm not just talking about from a theoretical perspective, but rather it actually...
I think there's a lot more wear on that coin than you apparently think there is. I see wear on virtually the entire coin, including the fields....
I have looked in all the books, both US and French, and I could never find anything written that explains a way. And since the original dies were...
I'm not saying that, not at all. But 17 years ago I predicted the US coin market would explode - it did. 15 years ago I predicted the world coin...
Read this - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/proper-acetone-procedure.193708/ In it I explain the proper way to do it. The same procedure applies...
Perfect, no. But there are much better things you can do than to store your coins in albums of any kind. You have to first understand the...
The surface of raw coin strip, before the blanks are ever punched out, usually looks similar to these pics of yours - all rough and beat up...
The US coin market has been in a very strong downward trend for 10 years running now. And it is showing no signs of slowing down. At this point,...
Just pointing something out here. Do you know what burnished means ? It's just a fancy word for polished. Now those straight parallel lines that...
Forget the soap ! Soap leaves a residue on coins that is tough to get back off of them. It can be done, but you need to use additional chemicals...
Now that folks, that's an example of "trolling". And so is this by the way :D
Thanks for the kind words Steve :) I kinda look at like this, my sig line - knowledge ..... share it. For me that just about says it all. It has...
There's something that a lot of folks seem to forget. Namely that there are a ton of books, written by people who are supposed to know what they...
It doesn't really work that way. NGC and PCGS have always had their own specific grading standards, and still do. And even though those standards...
There are companies that make albums specially designed for that method. But it solves nothing and helps nothing. This is because Air-Tites are...
It was one of the most enjoyable days I ever spent ! The next day though, not so much. My cheeks and facial muscles were so sore from the...
Now this coin, several things going on with it. It's an over-strike for one, quite weakly struck, struck using what appears to have been very...
Indeed ! I say that because you can see in the screenshot I posted that the url for that page matches your link. And I'm even more curious as to...
Agreed. One example would be when toning progresses to the point when it destroys all luster and even later when it is causing corrosion. Another...
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