Go for it. Maybe you'll get lucky.
Honestly, what else did you expect them to do - other than dipping the coin ? There isn't anything else they can do. Dipping, in one way or...
Depends on what the coin is really. On extremely common, low grade coins you usually can't get an offer at all. And if a dealer is willing to make...
It's most commonly done with Proofs from the '50s and '60s, trying to make them into cameos. But a few try it with Morgans too. But as I...
Looked like a D to me, but you have it in hand. As for luster - it would be breaks in the luster that will hold that one down, not the lack of it....
If it was, they did a heck of a good job of making it look like a real one - regarding the frost anyway. It's pretty tough to artificially frost a...
Hard to say, think I'd have to turn that one under a light. Could be anywhere from AU to 64. Right now I'm leaning towards AU.
What he said. That and the mushy details.
Well what that particular color is is also a clue. On older copper the color will usually be a uniform brown that can vary from light colored milk...
Anything that they already have customers looking to buy. And that means it will be something they don't have. It is. And it is usually at this...
Those foam inserts will be around, in the same state they are in now, long after everyone here is dead is buried. And they will not affect the...
On your particular coin I would say the clues are easiest to see on the reverse. See the whitish spots on the coin ? Well at one time those spots...
Whatever else it is on the coin, acetone is not going to get the verdigris off. Couple that with the rarity of the coin and it turns it into one...
But what if it isn't lacquer ?
Problem is, many of the fakes are made of real gold. And they are often of the correct weight. The value of these coins is not the gold itself,...
But, if you look at these pictures of the very same coin. It becomes easier to see.
Based on pictures it's hard to say, but based on those my guess would be that the dime and the half were both over-dipped, the half some time ago....
Based on this and your subsequent post, my guess would be that you removed a goodly amount of old PVC contamination. No So Called Dollars were...
That's how people learn isn't it - by discussion ? And to have a good discussion you usually need to have 2 sides, otherwise it's a pretty short...
Strangely enough Brandon, I bought many coins from NEN. And when I sold my collection, I got offers from them. And yes, offers on the same coin...
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