It's always a chocolate and vanilla thing with toning, but I'm a fan of the gold colored toning.
The prettiest coin design ever done in my opinion ;)
I don't ever give specific answers that could help others duplicate the work of coin doctors, there's too much of it as it is. But sometimes it's...
Nope. I'm right, and I'm not disputing anything about the rest of what you said. Only about how the published values come to be.
When I mentioned sandblasting, acid etching, and lasers - I was talking about the way the mint creates the frost effect on the dies. Not about how...
It's not an average at all Chris. The value listed in the Grey Sheet is merely the current highest Bid and the current lowest Ask found on the...
The same way you identify any Proof, squared rims, polished fields, different luster, better strike. Yes there are cases where this was done...
That might be a bit difficult to do as most DMPL Morgans are going to be in slabs. That's not to say you can't find some raw, but it sure won't be...
.999 silver - so you knew it was a fake when ya bought it ?
Hmmm, you're entitled to your opinion of course. But the question - what's proper etiquette for a collector at a coin show is one that a great...
Look close Rusty, they aren't symmetrical. But I do understand why that one area could make one think it is textile toning. But what about the...
Yeah, I thought so too, until I looked it up. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/600649/touchstone But if you really want to research it,...
On shows, yes I have and for good reason. But not on local coins stores per se, but rather on good dealers. But just because I emphasize the value...
That's the problem with assumption and misinterpretation. You only see, (read), what you want to see, instead of what is actually there.
Dunno, might be, might not. But it's not uncommon for a coin of a specific variety to be the top pop for just that specific variety even though...
That's exactly the point, there are no symmetric dots on the OP's coin !
Boy I don't know how you can misread what I say so badly as that ! I have repeated time and time and time again that coin dealers are but ONE, 1,...
You have to remember a couple of things. When you look up pop numbers on the NGC or PCGS web sites you see current, present date, pop numbers. But...
LOL ! Nobody disputes that Chris. I guess I would ask, what part of "beginning" is it that do you not understand ? That's all I'm saying buddy,...
Don't know if the Chinese used them or not, but touchstones were used for testing gold and silver for thousands of years. And they are still being...
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