Dangerous trap there, for the vast majority of "white" coins have been dipped. Of course they have been dipped specifically for the reason you...
Jack I would agree with everything you said, to a point. But I do not believe that CAC is infallible either. The second set of eyes on the coin is...
The question is much more complicated than one would think at first glance. Yeah, I know, half a dozen folks are gonna tell me you can do this or...
You guys might want to look up aluminum oxynitride, this is a product that has been around for several years, it is known by the trade name ALON....
I suspect it is a rough bar from an early stage in the refining process - still a lot of impurities to be refined out. A quite valuable find even...
Fingerprints, if left on a coin for more than a very short time, become etched into the metal of the coin. They are there forever.
Jim I wasn't trying to advocate messing with it at all. It is a rare, and you know how I use the word rare, occasion that I would ever recommend...
Should probably keep my mouth shut, but I'm not gonna. While there are those who do recommend doing this, I would strongly recommend that you...
You bet, don't use oil at all. Then you don't have to worry about getting it off.
That depends entirely on who it is that is looking at it. An experienced eye can almost always identify a re-colored coin.
Questionable color ? :eek: That's worse than misgrading the thing :rolleyes:
I would say it is entirely due to wear. If it had a weak strike then the rivets on the left side of the shield would not be there as they are.
No. But then if I was the type of person that was going to try and sell it to somebody eventually and hoped to possibly gain more money by...
I didn't misread anything. Your questions to me and my responses were as follows - Now I really don't understand what part of my response to...
For whatever it's worth Mark, I agree with ya. No way that coin is an XF, even by PCGS standards. And for CAC to condone the grade and approve it,...
cj - more than anything else the reason they acted that way was because of the ICG slab. A coin in an ICG slab is hard to sell at all, let alone...
Thought the Post Office had phased out all the vending machines ?? Obviously not.
Just curious, is it that you don't like the problems being listed on the holder ? Even in a Genuine holder the problem is still listed, perhaps...
I thought I did answer, but OK. No, they were not personal experiences. I've never submitted a single coin to any TPG in my life, never had a need...
Fair enough, never saw any quite like that. At least not that consistent anyway. As for the coin, I'd say XF 40, not enough remaining luster to...
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