I can't believe this discussion has reached three pages. If you don't count shipping cost, tax, and the gas you spend making a special trip to...
Already did, yesterday.
If you don't require authentic coins, you might as well "complete your series" with a free digital image. :)
Please consider posting the seller's ID in this thread (assuming it's OK with Peter and the moderators). If posting is not OK, I'd welcome a PM...
Hooray for Buyer Protection. Please report these as counterfeits to eBay, rather than just returning them. Most likely, eBay will return your...
I've focused on US coins for all my life, but posts like this are making it harder and harder. :) Fascinating piece, and fascinating analysis!...
Ye cats, you're well in the black just from the two Ikes and face value on the halves! Nice catch!
Here's why I was asking about penetration depth. I've bulk-"restored" a bunch of dateless cull Buffalo nickels in white vinegar (5% acetic acid)....
I prefer plastic. As Doug says, money is an idea, an abstract concept, information. I choose to take advantage of information-age capabilities:...
Sure, but I'm confident that the proportion of counterfeits in slabs is a lot lower than the proportion of counterfeit raw coins.
Oooops. So much for my idea of "now's a good time to SELL some of your nicer ancients". I expect this sort of thing on eBay, but it's strange to...
But it does at least vouch for authenticity, right? Particularly for pre-1933 gold, I'd certainly bid more confidently on a details-slabbed coin...
Trade with the Amish?
I think the word you're looking for is "relief". :) Also, aren't (non-retained) strikethroughs more typically incuse as well? Something gets...
I was trying to figure out whether any sort of PCGS value guarantee would come into play...?
This is a topic I find very interesting, but I'm afraid I don't have much to contribute. Does your XRF provide a full-depth measurement, or is it...
Did it work out well? I've bought a fair amount of lab and test equipment on eBay over the years, but analytical balances seem so fragile and...
Ah, here's the thread where I linked to the scales I got. 30x0.001g and 300x0.01g. I use the 300-gram scale a lot more than the other one -- the...
Maybe. But neither it, nor the rest of your paragraph, are relevant to the topic of this thread. And when your first two posts here are hawking...
If you're buying on eBay, get a scale that goes down to hundredths of a gram at least. I bought two scales there, one with .01g resolution and one...
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