It's not so much better eyesight or a better computer as it is knowing what what you are looking at when you see it.
There has been a huge problem in Great Britain for quite a few years with counterfeit 1 pound coins. I can't recall hearing about counterfeit 2...
Back around 2000, 2001, it was pretty common to find many others on the NGC and PCGS forums giving the same warning about acetone and copper that...
A lot of them do so because they don't know any better. Over the years there been a great many people visit this forum and many others who had no...
Does it matter what the formulation is ? I thought the point of the whole thing was merely to detect foreign substances on the coin. Any foreign...
I know what you mean ! For had I known what the future held, I wouldn't been :D
You could well be right Chris, the guy may have been trying to sell them as genuine coins. Or, maybe he wasn't. It's speculation either way. I...
All I'm trying to say Jeff is that the article linked to confirms what I have been saying for years - that acetone can sometimes cause copper...
I didn't say it was just for that. I also said - or to sell them as genuine coins. The point I was trying to get across is that in our laws that...
We can go with either one because in the end it doesn't matter whether it means Special Strike or Specimen Strike. The only thing that matters is...
Toning can be a bad thing as well a good thing. In this case I see it as a bad thing. But that is my opinion, others may differ.
I didn't take it as a dumb question, it's a good question. You just made some wrong, but very common, assumptions about where dealers buy most of...
What you folks seem to be missing or not understanding is a specific phrase in the law, the underlined and bold one. The manufacture in the...
Didn't surprise me a bit. But then I've been warning about using acetone on copper for many years.
They have, they even show it in their video.
You either come to an agreement that suits both parties or you don't. I think you talking about two different situations here. Situation 1 -...
The subject has been discussed many times but like any other subject it always comes back up. In a nutshell what it comes down to is that people...
Uhhh no,Caleb. It wasn't fiction, it is all quite true. And yes I am well aware that PCGS changed their labeling designation and that that is why...
Uh, no. It doesn't. It stands for the same thing that it stands for at NGC, Specimen Strike. But you don't have to believe me, you can look for...
I think maybe we need some clarification here. First of all, are you asking about Canadian coins or US coins ?
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