Amen to that !
I agree 100%, that coin had an old cleaning.
Apocalypse Cow - my point is this. It seems the entire world is of the mindset that nothing they do is their own fault. They refuse to acknowledge...
Just looks like a bad ding in the edge to me. If it is, doubt it will grade.
I've known people that used hammers.
A 10% premium or thereabouts is pretty standard - always has been. But you gotta shop around to find it. If you're buying at 11%, you're doing fine.
I really gotta talk to them about not letting you out of your cell :rolleyes:
Hmmmm - then how'd push it into the album hole Carl if you didn't touch the coin with your fingers ? And if you touched it, there's fingerprints...
So you wear gloves when you push the coins down into the holes in the album huh ? OK. What's the very first rule about coin collecting ?...
Walt - what would you consider a fair offer for the UNC/PF FDR set ?
I'm very surprise it's that cheap ! New ones cost thousands.
Do yourself a favor - don't use the baking soda. It'll harm the coins and make them worse than they are now. Just soak them in distilled water,...
You're not crazy, you're just uninformed. All the TPGs do the same thing - it's the industry standard. And to be honest, it's your responsibility...
The piece missing from the top of the left pillar is what kind of does it for me. That's not from damage - there is no metal bunched up around the...
For what they call US early gold - seen more in this 1 thread than I have since CT existed. Now non US - I used to have a ton of it ! My albums...
How about a simple answer - no, it is not worth your time.
Mahogany is the wood of choice for coin cabinets, it puts off less harmful gas than any other wood. And while Air-Tites would solve the cabinet...
All of you folks who use albums - none of you mind fingerprints on your coins huh ? Albums are the absolute worst thing that was ever invented...
The first one is underweight of the minimum tolerance, the 2nd is very nearly so. And given the some of the design characteristics I would be...
A year and half ago (2008) silver DID drop below $10/oz. And that was after being at $21 earlier in the same year. So it only takes a few months...
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