Acetone will only remove fresh fingerprints. Fresh can be defined as only a couple of days old. After that fingerprints are there to stay, unless...
No higher than 64 IMO. That big hit on the cheek kills it, even if you assume the luster is there.
I wish PCGS had chosen another name for their little machine. By calling it the "Coin Sniffer" they have confused so many people that it'll...
jeff - first of all I don't believe your thinking is correct. But even if it were the proper method of using acetone requires 3 different bowls of...
Because when it is done properly it does not alter the coin itself. It only removes certain contaminants.
I would never grade it higher than 63, but that certainly is a well struck coin !
It's been going on since before the advent of the internet.
CapCity - if you will send me your email address in a Private Message I would be happy to send you an analysis of the Saints by date & mint,...
Do you even look at your own numbers ?
Make no mistake Dick, I don't think the coin would ever be graded. I am merely talking about the amount of detail that the coin has - not its...
But you see, those special designations are something that the collecting public wants. And because they want them that is why they exist. Face...
Not all coins of a different type are listed in the Red Book - as a different type. Examples would be the Satin Proof and Matte Proof 1921 Peace...
Matters to who ? Certainly not me. And it doesn't matter what I do either. People WILL believe what they want to believe and nothing else. If you...
My guess is that it was a ground find, and one of those where the soil was not very corrosive. I also think the coin has been in some sort of...
They have a specific name for it but I can't recall exactly what it is off the top of my head, but the double rim is a type of collar error. Not...
ferreram - I look at it this way, any coin that you feel is worth having in your collection is worth the cost of an Air-Tite or other suitable...
Not everything can be found on web sites, sometimes you need to buy a book. In this case it would be the ANA Grading Guide. It has what you want.
This is not a fourth, it is one of the present 3 and I see no sense in going through it all again.
Prior to 2005 Mint Set numbers were included in the production numbers. And starting with 2011 they will be again. The only reason that the...
Well, I would be the first to say that they should not - not for those reasons anyway.
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