To each his own but I have to disagree on that. As far as I am concerned any foreign substance that is applied to a coin, and then remains on the...
According to PCGS themselves, all the coins submitted under the Secure Plus grading tier are run through the "sniffer". As a matter of routine...
Were I you, I'd start here - http://www.sedwickcoins.com/ Dan is acknowledged as an authority and he is trustworthy.
Wellllllllll - if we were to count the coinage of Asia we could actually go back a good bit further than that. But who's counting ? :D
Highly doubtful either one would remove spots from a coin as both are very limited in what they can remove. The thing about spots on a coin is...
The only entity which produced a coin of the same design for a longer period of time was the city state of Venice, it was the original ducat. And...
But them having spots on them does not change that. Many, a very great many, uncirculated coins both old and new have spots on them. The one and...
Because dies aren't/weren't made the way you seem to think they are Mike. They are all round. Now I don't have pictures of a lot of old dies,...
That one's easy, see post #17 in this thread -...
Ya left one out :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 430 years of the same design and still counting ;)
It's pretty simple, it's because there is nothing wrong with mentioning those words themselves. The problem comes along when one starts discussing...
Well, I'd kinda like to have one, but there aren't any coins that old :D
Quite easily as a matter of fact. Just because a coin is unc doesn't mean that it can't get moisture droplets on it from any number of sources.
Ahh, well then. I guess we'll just have to let you see an older one :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
No Thad I didn't contradict myself at all. Yes, when rinsed some water does stick to the surface of the coin. But when you rinse a coin in acetone...
Ya might want to look into getting new glasses Ray :D
Nor do I think it is "necessary". But I do think it is a good idea. And it does, it prevents those few cases where the coin develops a whitish...
While I do not know specifically what CNG does, I doubt they are much different than any other auction house. As John mentions, there are many...
Good idea, but so ya know there's an entire section of the forum dedicated to just that -...
Let's just say there are those who disagree Dave :)
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