It's not new. What it means is that somebody smoothed the surface of the coin in an effort to hide or lessen contact marks and/or hairlines or...
Coin World just announced this - http://www.coinworld.com/articles/liberty-dollars-may-be-subject-to-seizure/ So heads up to all you folks that...
It is a HUGE no-no ! Using a laser to doctor coins is one of the primary reasons that PCGS started their lawsuit against coin doctors. It is as...
There is also a strong possibility that none of the coins are genuine. Fakes abound in that part of the world !
Ahhhhh - I was reading the 980 as gao :o
Easy enough to look it up on Heritage ;)
Yeah, so do a thousand other things. But they ruin the coin just like the lighter fluid does.
Like Conder said, it's like a fingerprint. Only it's for coins instead of people. All they do is take a very high resolution photograph of the...
Actually I've been in a rather good mood lately. Then spock showed up :rolleyes:
They used to call those coins but they really aren't. And they have no value to speak of beyond bullion content because nobody collects them any...
Rule of thumb - problem coins are worth from 20-50% of what a problem free example is worth. Of course that rule is somewhat limited when...
Conder's answer is correct and doesn't require any further explanation. I am merely responding because of your choice of words in your response....
Bad idea, ammonia turns silver black. I could see using acetone, maybe. But I doubt it will be much help in this case.
I'd have to say not a Proof. IMO the strike isn't good enough and the corners of the rims do not appear to be squared off. I'd have to go with PL....
It's not the water itself so much as it is the chemicals and minerals in the water. If you used distilled water, there should be no problems.
I would say that's precisely what it is - foreign matter. Otherwise known as dirt.
But it doesn't have lower melting point. It has a higher melting point than gold. And that explains it very well. melting point of gold - 1947.9...
As they say, the truly wise man realizes how much he has to learn ;)
No, it doesn't. Ordinary toning, when left unchecked, causes coins to turn black. Then, years later, when somebody dips the coin to remove the...
Again, no. The "sniffer" does not detect that a laser has been used on a coin, nor does it detect that a coin has been whizzed. The "sniffer" only...
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