Another nice addition to your collection :eat:
Date ? What date ? :kewl: Besides spock, I ran away 2 days in advance ;)
NOT by everyone ;)
Enough ! Thread is closed. And if this continues elsewhere - action will be taken in short order.
Hmmmmm - hadn't thought about that. Maybe I'll only tell 6 of 'em :D
Actually I do, never liked that kind of toning either. But that is my personal taste. That said, I am still not in favor of dipping the coins....
In the old days Ruben there were a lot of things done, by many notable names, that were considered part & parcel at the time.
I do beleive some of them did according to your other posts. A Genuine slab is what PCGS used to replace the body-bag.
The why is easy Mike - I do it because nobody else on the planet does ;)
Fair enough, I should have said dipping instead of cleaning. Point is that it produces much the same effect in that the coins no longer look...
That's probably because they are in high demand right now and all sold at the moment. But just let a dealer know what you want and he'll get it...
I would imagine they are not doing that for a specific reason. One of the problems with Genuine slabs is that the uneducated do not realize that...
Shouldn't seem strange if you think about it. What's the one thing a great many collectors want and ask how to achieve ? - how do I make my coins...
To a large degree it is a matter of taste. But beyond that, it is also a decison each collector makes for himself as to whether or not he wants...
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Yup, and this not the first - spent the predecessors. I've been carrying one of these for years. And no, I don't lose things.
If memory serves, on the '72 cent you said it would bag for altered surfaces.
My guess would be that PCGS was correct.
The acqusition of knowledge.
Just about everybody who was trying to talk to you about it. Dipping and cleaning are entirely different things. Which I tried to explain to you...
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