Two reasons, as said already, 1- to stop possible damage from corrosion. 2 - money. The second reason is a biggie. A coin that has dark, heavy...
Coins are not washed at the mint, planchets are washed.
But, when it comes to terminal toning you don't know if it is stable or not because you cannot see what is going on underneath. You can never...
Ardi I think part of the issue that you may not be understanding is this. When a coin has terminal toning, you usually cannot see any corrosion on...
No Brandon, Doug most definitely does not use the term cleaning for that. I use the term cleaning to mean just that, cleaning. Using acetone,...
There is nothing easier than using a knife of some kind. And it is completely safe for you and the coin. Just hold the Air-Tite between your...
There are a couple of other potential issues. If you don't do it correctly, and many don't, you can end up with residue left on the coin that...
Just looking at the pics I could kind of go either way. The thing that I am thinking about is the lack of luster in the open fields. There seems...
I wouldn't quite put it that way. Unless you are talking about a particular rarity or scarce variety just about anything you could want is...
Lol !
You didn't, not at all. You asked a fair question, and I answered it.
Keep it coin related guys - coin related :rolleyes:
Juan, whenever anybody, at least anybody who has any familiarity at all with the coin market, uses the terms Bid or Ask, they are specifically...
Ya know, it wouldn't matter how we did it, somebody would say that it should be, or would be better if we did it differently. Some think there...
There have been many examples posted over the years. Here's one that has some toning that has reached its terminal stage, or right next to it -...
You are getting to know me too dang well Chris ! Still gonna getcha though, and the rest of ya too ! :D
My opinion is that just going ahead and doing it to all coins is a mistake. Why ? Because I believe you should not mess with or work on a coin...
It makes perfect sense Jaun, the reason you don't understand it is because you apparently don't know how the system works. First of all, Bid and...
Luckily, so could the possible benefit ;)
Because they have publicly admitted doing so. So has NGC. I never said they do it to all coins, only that they have done it. Since they just...
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