I don't think so. If it were a strike through the edges around the depression would not be so sharp and they would not appear to be lifting up and...
Sure, the PCGS coin sniffer can only do what I described in post #11. And none of the other processes used in the Secure Service can detect proper...
You cling to the older ways ? You sure ? I ask because cleaning coins is about as old it gets. For centuries collectors all over the world cleaned...
Doctored and restored are completely different things. And there are many different types of doctoring, and many different types of restoration....
Yes the '71 cent has mechanical doubling. As for the '47, 2 possibilities IMO. 1 - it is deliberate damage done by a person long after the coin...
As I mentioned above, there is a very big difference between airtight and watertight. It is much, much easier to make something watertight than it...
Based on your comments I don't think you understand exactly what the "sniff test" does, and does not do. 'Course, it seems a whole lot of other...
Rich - If I understand correctly it sounds like you are saying that you think that if the sealing process were changed that the acrylic slabs...
Question for you, where have you ever seen this advertisement that slabs are airtight being made ? And by whom ? I ask because I'll readily...
Small disagreement, the coins aren't, but their planchets are.
Pretty Frankie and Peace you got there !
I have personally taken NGC slabs, PCGS slabs, Air-Tites, and several other hard plastic coin holders, put them underwater overnight, and in the...
Maybe $35.
Good, and you should not trust the price guide, nor should anyone else. Price guides are not worth the paper they are printed on or the space they...
It would have no grade because damaged coins cannot be graded. The only thing you can do with damaged coins is estimate the amount of detail that...
I've been to hundreds of coin shows. And 9 out of 10 people who stop at a table and look, don't want anything other than to look. The dealers know...
PCGS - http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/benefits.html NGC - http://www.ngccoin.com/about/consumer_awareness.aspx You might want to pay...
This is not at all unusual, and not just with these coins but with many coins. What is unusual is for somebody to notice it. People like to...
Yeah it might be. But it could just be ordinary dirt & grime that gets on some coins during the course of normal circulation.
Never bought any in the '50s but I bought rolls of Morgans as early as '61. And they were still always available until they announced in 1964 that...
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