Most grading is done with the naked eye, and should be. Magnification, no stronger than 5x, should only be used for the ultra high grades, and to...
Apparently you paid more than that. Well, you're certainly not the only person to have ever done that. For the future, before buying use these...
There are different stages of black Mike just like there are different stages of all toning. Yes, once a coin reaches the terminal stage, the...
1 - nope, never have 2 - If you mean graders who work for the TPGs, yeah, many times. Even helped teach a few of them how to grade. 3 - nope,...
I was just asking because that was the reason you gave for your comment that - in your words - the story doesn't hold water. Then you go on to say...
Yeah, I hate it when that happens. Kind of ruins the opportunity for a guy to have a good argument doesn't it :D
Dave partially explained why he said what he did there Eric, but there is another reason as well. And that is because unless you clean a coin...
While I agree with part of the idea you're expressing, I disagree with other parts. I say that because unless the metal of the planchet actually...
Are you suggesting that in today's world the TPGs won't grade and slab dipped coins ?
$350-$400.
Why does the 'US MINT' need to make a profit? That's the question that started this thread, but nobody has yet really answered the question of...
But why do you want to do so ? You see that's really the question, and I'd wager that you want to do so because you think it would "look better"....
First of all one has to understand what started this particular tangent of this discussion - learning how to grade based on pictures. There is a...
When it comes to grading coins, using pictures for comparison purposes is worse than worthless - I would even say it is harmful. Pictures in...
I wasn't aware that they had a new waterproof slab. But even so, while a container can be waterproof, that does not make it airtight. And even if...
[ATTACH] $60.00 SOLD Described by the author as a "field guide" to the series, it makes identifying coins easy by arranging them into...
The plastic itself is air permeable, and the edges aren't completely sealed either. So air routinely migrates in and out of the slabs.
Volumes II, III, and IV of Gold Ducats of the Netherlands. Which by the way I am not the author. I do all of the editing and re-writing of the...
Simple answer, same one I gave when the first counterfeit slabs appeared some years ago. And same advice I have always given regarding the...
Yes, coins can be and have been toned, intentionally, in the slabs. As for control, it's just timing. And the gasses don't just stay there in the...
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