We're saying much of the same things Mike but you're reaching a different conclusion than I am on the issue of wear lines reducing luster. And yes...
I'll give ya another tip. You do not want any other light source in the room other than the light/s you are using to take the pics.
As I have stated elsewhere, "cleaned" is nothing more than a contraction of the full term - harshly and or improperly cleaned. 92|N-2 Cleaned –...
"I Can't get my Lighting Down and it's Driving me Crazy" Yup, it has habit of doing that - and not just to you :) Practice, practice, practice !...
Hmmm, does it ? If I took a coin and held it under running water to get some dirt or dust off the coin - what exactly would that be except...
I believe it's education, and I'll tell ya why. I can remember back in 1960 when my grandfather, who first taught me about coins, explained to me...
Ehhh, I dunno. It was lack of education that let that genie out of the bottle, so it only stands to reason that increased education can put it...
Yup, it would. And what it will tell you is that this - - isn't true. The total reflective area is decreased when the small and consistent flow...
Absolutely. Learning how to correctly identify harshly/improperly cleaned coins, in all their forms, is one of the most difficult things there is...
Works for me, but do as I suggested in my first post - look at it. Just doing that may answer your question.
And that was my point, there is no single definition, which is what you were proposing with your personal definition. But there is a very distinct...
While I understand the intent of your challenge, the limitations you have placed upon it, as quoted above, make it, well, pretty hard if not...
Nobody, because Peter never did anything with that idea. At least not yet, meaning he still could. In one way yes in another way no. What I mean...
That's kind of my line of thinking as well, I think the coin has already been dipped. So dipping it again, may very well remove any luster that...
Just so ya know Stork xylene will not harm the coin, it is as harmless as acetone is. But it will work, as in remove, things that acetone will...
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All you're doing is proving my point.
Totally off the subject of the thread, but your coin and its pictures are a perfect example of something I tried to explain in another thread not...
How many would you like to see ? This simple Google search came up with over 2,000 examples -...
My guess would be that the coin has already been cleaned and what you see is what remains from the previous cleaning. I'd leave it alone.
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