Yes, I was. Toning is a progressive action, it starts at one of the spectrum and moves through it to the other. Then that progression starts all...
It sure looks purplish to me spock. Now if you were expecting to say that I had seen a brilliant royal purple gold coin, no of course not. But...
Start a new thread and we'll discuss it. No sense in sidetracking your contest thread.
Money, in any form, is nothing but an idea. Always has been.
Hmmm, good to know that there is a scientific reason for what I have known and claimed for years to be true - being true. Thanks Jim.
Yup, they did. Staff doesn't matter though. They have to grade coins according to the standards they are told to use by the company - regardless...
You can try to justify it all you want and any way you want, but if you can routinely and repeatedly find a given coin in a given grade at a coin...
It's really hard to tell with all the glare on those pics but I'm thinking the coin is AU which would make it worth maybe $400, $500.
As Larry said, when the graders see a toned coin and something about the toning just looks "off" to them they will label it as Questionable Color....
In some cases that may well be true. Yeah, they may be stable and may not vary, but how do they compare to what you can find on Heritage ? Take...
It doesn't have anything to do with an IQ, a person can have a genius level IQ and still do foolish and senseless things. That is the definition...
Hard to say, but I don't see any obvious signs. For a coin with that much detail the luster seems quite subdued, but that might be the pics.
OK, but what are you getting once you've paid that $11.90 ? I mean if it is pretty much universally agreed by knowledgeable collectors and...
There is no argument or disagreement about that. The question is - is the dealer responsible or obligated to reimburse the buyer for his grading...
Believe me guys, I understand the concern and/or dislike about my using the word idiots. But consider the following - "Only two things are...
I'm sorry, but putting the coin in water is about the worst thing you could do. Water will only accelerate or reactivate the verdigris and make...
No, it is not ! That is what I would call a "leftover" belief. I say leftover because there was a time when ANACS was fairly well respected...
I agree with BBC on the refund issue. I also agree that people have to take responsibility for their own actions, and not blame it on somebody...
Oh I used to be extremely passionate about some of the coins I'd buy. Anyone who has been around here for more than just a couple of years can...
Is it ? If some uneducated buyer on ebay pays $250 for a counterfeit base metal Trade dollar, is that counterfeit actually worth $250 ? Based on...
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