At one time I had collected original Mint and Proof Sets for decades. I had them all except for that one that you are showing a picture of, and...
The number of brown ones existence has absolutely nothing to do with how many there are that have been designated as Red. There is quite simply...
All of the numbers I used come right from the pop reports - and they are the total numbers as listed on the reports.
Yup, I'll give ya that :)
If nothing else now I know what a burr is. I've always said I have little to no interest in errors or varieties, never have had. But I thought I...
Ultrasonic is well known for damaging coins.
Well I don't know how many you've looked at but I've looked at a lot of them and I have seen a lot that have turned in the slab. And that is even...
You picked a bad coin to use as your example. I say that because the '81-S Morgan, along with a few of the other early S mint Morgans, is in a...
If you're talking about a rim ding Kurt then I would agree. But since he used the term burr instead of ding I assumed he was talking about a bit...
Re -read the post Camaro, I forgot the second part and had to edit it. And yes, freshly dipped coins do tone very quickly - any of them, not just...
You misunderstood, read that post of mine again. When I said they tried everything they could think of but failed, I was talking about them...
I guess that depends on what you are calling a rim burr. Personally I've never heard the term before so I'm not quite sure what it might be. Are...
I think you might need to realize something mrjason - there is nothing that is going to get everything off of coins without harming the coins. No...
LOL ! Like I said, you will only believe what you want to believe.
I know some folks think that but it's not true, latex gloves may prevent fingerprints but they do leave smudges. And just like fresh fingerprints...
Cherrypicked data ??? Really ? I'm not cherrypicking anything, I'm just using the total numbers of graded coins and those designated as Red. And...
Jaelus, if I may ask, exactly what is it you want to accomplish ? I'm assuming that you'd like to authenticate the trial strike, is this correct ?...
When you are trying to properly clean a coin following the graduated steps of distilled water, acetone, and xylene - won't hurt anything. But it's...
There's several different things it could be, chief among them is what is commonly referred to dip residue. But dip residue occurs because or when...
In regard to spots or the graffiti ? :) Rather obviously the graffiti is going to make it a problem coin, a damaged coin - in anybody's book....
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