Personally, I never once received anything from the Mint that I wanted to return or was unhappy with. However, I know that plenty of others have....
Post like this are not permitted in this section of the forum so they are being removed. Mike, if you wish to make such a post, please do so in...
It was reported a couple years ago that the mint was in discussions regarding changing the designs of the dime and half dollar. But I have heard...
There is only 1 person who does it to my knowledge, Conder101. He has even written a book on the subject. And is member of most coin forums,...
Yes, he is.
Do you know why ? Because they have to write about something to keep their jobs, and quite honestly they don't have much else to write about.
Did you look at the previous prices ? Last 2 were $2500 and $1700 respectively.
Somewhere around $1100.
I have my suspicions, again, look at the surface of the coin. Struck coins, even hammered coins, do not have that rough, uneven surface texture....
Mike would you agree with this statement - some people misattibute a lack of detail as being due to wear when it is actually due to a weak strike...
It is not irregularities that create the cartwheel effect of luster, quite the contrary, it is the regularity of the metal flow lines that create...
I understand what you are asking, and it is a trap that too many fall into when trying to explain or understand luster and what creates it....
Precisley. Read the thread about luster in the US Coins section. That will explain it.
And that's the point, not the quality of the acetone mind you, but rather the fact that we never know exactly what is on a coin when we get it....
Yes, we shall have to agree to disagree. You are accounting for the lack of detail in the hair due to a weak strike and I am saying it is due to...
Then count me as being among the idiots Thad for I have seen it with my own eyes. Acetone can absolutely cause some copper coins to change color....
Seems that one of the others is there as well, same price. Fairly certain I paid more than that, they must have dropped the prices. Tempted to buy...
I would agree about quality of strike, but quality of luster is arguably the single most important factor in modern market grading.
Excellent write up, but I disagree with the part I quoted above, in particular the bold portion. It simply is not true. Yes, after a certain...
Actually you won't know anything for sure. Just because some artificial methods can produce similar toning doesn't prove a thing. Natural toning...
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