But it doesn't just apply to gold - it applies to every coin there is !
This the rule that everyone needs to always, always remember ! But very few actually practice. When push comes to shove, it's not what you bought...
All you have to do is look at the past to know the approximate answer. We just don't know the time frame.
Yes coins can absolutely be toned in the slab. It can be done quite intentionally, or it can happen by accident, all by itself. And yes, there are...
Doesn't matter. Again, doesn't matter. Wrong. The reason it is wrong is because there is no such thing as an airtight coin holder - none !...
The best luck I ever had with taking coin pics was from using GE Reveal bulbs - 2 of them, 60w. And diffusing the light. It is also extremely...
Scott - Here are 3 links to threads that should answer all of your questions - http://www.cointalk.com/t193708/...
No matter what ya do it's a gamble. Even the '95-W dropped considerably in price after 15 years - slabbed or raw. Nobody knows at what point in...
Even if he took the coins out of the acetone before it evaporated - he needs to do it again. That residue was in solution in the acetone before...
I have no doubt it would grade, but I wouldn't send it in. This is one of those coins that if sold would be better left raw. Why ? Well, never...
To echo what Chris is saying, if you run across a roll of Proof coins you can rest assured the coins in that roll are of low quality, or they...
World must be gonna come to an end. I find myself agreeing with him again ! :eek:
Thanks Mike :) Totally off subject - you and I have got to make the effort this year to meet up at FUN. I would very much like the honor of...
For My Son - There is something that is important for you understand though. As Ikeigwin said, he plans to sell those coins he is having graded,...
Yes, to both - maybe. As I said in the other post, not all scratches are equal. For a scratch to make a coin ungradeable that scratch has to be...
By wiping the coins you did exactly that. And that's the important part for you to remember. Never wipe the coins - with anything. And that goes...
With a great deal of stress on that "properly graded" part ;)
The first rule of coin collecting is to never touch the surface of a coin with anything - anything ! There is no cloth that is soft enough, there...
Maybe so, but some of those who have been around the longest are the worst you could ever deal with.
Have owned a few over the years, but I was never much of a set collector. But I'll tell ya this much, you sure better know gold if you try putting...
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