Harsh cleaning has as many different looks as there are ways to do it. That of course is a large part of the problem in identifying harsh...
Something that I think is important but hasn't been mentioned yet is that a weak strike can rarely have any impact on the grade of a circulated...
Better to be a pest than broke, or stuck with coins ya paid too much for ;) So don't worry about being a pest, post all the questions ya want !...
What you learned is good to know, and it didn't cost you much, only about $12 or so. And there is much more you will learn as a result of your...
Hmmm, is CAC not a coin dealer ? What's more are they not a very respected coin dealer ? But yet their offer of what they would pay doesn't count...
It's pretty simple, you have your opinion, I have mine - we disagree. That's really all there is to it. And voicing my opinion is all I was trying...
I see. So in your opinion then just because somebody is a moderator they should not be able to voice their opinions ? As I have said probably a...
First of all, I never said a word about China, or where a counterfeiter might be. Nor did I say anything about my opinion of the members of this...
Whoever wins the coin, once you have it, call or email CAC and ask them what they will offer you for the coin. I'm betting THAT would be a...
Read enough, and you'll find out.
There's lots of ways that Proofs can make their way into circulation, dealers discarding low grade examples is but one of them. Kids, given the...
Move it to a private conversation ? - no. Remove it ? - yeah sure I could remove it, any mod "could" remove it. But none ever would. And for the...
It says FB because the only thing PCGS looks at is the 2 bands. NGC on the other hand looks at the entire torch.
Perhaps you missed the point being made. Providing information helps them. And not helping them is more important than showing your ability to...
It seems nobody has answered the guys question. No. There are no tests you have to take, there are no special qualifications you have to have....
No they don't. But, as Jeff said, if you look around a bit the gold industry has certainly chosen to use it as such and interpret it as meaning...
What I posted is a direct quote taken from the law as it is written. Tell them, not me.
I didn't ask anybody to trust me Vic, I simply made a statement that what krispy posted pictures of were not milk spots. Then I was asked to prove...
I would normally agree. However, as defined by the law, it is millionths. (4)An industry product or part thereof, on which there has been affixed...
There really wasn't any need to collect coins from banks. By the time the law took effect and new coins were issued much of the silver coinage was...
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