Race I'd say you got a fair offer from that dealer. Been there, done that, twice. Other offers may vary slightly but there will be little...
Let me put it this way, you have a long hard road ahead of you. In order to be effective at what you want to do you have to learn a ton first. Can...
Enough about the language issue ! Drop it. Keep your comments to the thread topic.
That print is there forever.
Yes, in a way I am condoning it I suppose. But more than anything I am merely stating that it can be done, which is contrary to what most people...
The answer varies with each individual coin. In some cases the Proof will be worth more, in other cases the MS will be worth more.
For NGC, all 3 bands have to be clear, distinct and unbroken. For PCGS, only the middle band has to be clear, distinct, and unbroken.
No, it isn't. The top band has break on the far left.
Well that's kind of because it would take 50 pages of posts to describe with words how to detect if a coin has been harshly cleaned or not....
Sometimes you don't. The coin you linked to, why would anybody even want to clean it ? I see no dirt and grime on it, I see nothing on it but what...
Left is BU, right is AU.
Are you qualified to do this ? And if you are, why would anybody want you to do it when they can go to any coin dealer and do the same thing ?
Wise choice, even if you completely forget about the toning. Look at the blown up pic of the obv - the field from the hair bun down to below the...
Hopefully you're joking. While I am 100% certain that copper can be dipped with nobody being the wiser, most people will disagree and say that it...
Think about it for a minute Jim. How long would it take for 1 person to polish just 1 die doing it by hand ? And do you think for even 1 second...
Yes there is, distilled water. Soak the coins, hold them by the edges and swish them around in it. That's really all you can or should do.
PVC residue on a coin can vary greatly in color and texture depending on the age of the residue. It can be a completely clear residue, very thin...
It is, but here is what you are not taking into consideration - that is only ONE Bid from that ONE specific dealer. And there are thousands of...
Not really. Battle took place Jan. 8, 1815. Treaty of Ghent February 17, 1815.
Jim, it was not done by hand. Even back in the 1800's (and probably before that) they used a mechanical device to polish dies. In fact the most...
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