Not all vinyl has PVC in it stainless. I am merely saying if coin flips or coin pages do smell like a new shower curtain - then you should not use...
The first non US coin that I collected was Pillar dollar in 1976, several of them in fact. Dates were in the 1730's. Dug 'em out myself from a...
I don't care how soft the cloth is or what it is made of - if you rub a coin with it, you will scratch or hairline the coin.
Links like that are always permitted Jack. The key is that it is a link. Where we run into problems is when people scan pages of a book and then...
Mike that is what I was told so many years ago that I can't even remember how long ago it was. It is also what I tell everyone. Tell ya what...
Ahhhhh - first it must be understood that what a given amount of money could purchase varied greatly from country to country and sometimes even...
But you could have if you just thought about it for a minute. There is plenty of luster in a few spots, but only a few spots. A dip would that...
So would I. And I feel exactly the same way ! But you are still missing my real point. Partly my fault I guess for not explaining it...
I don't know that he is, but he can speak for himself. In my opinion that coin has been cleaned with a cloth and since then is re-toning. What's...
It is always about the luster, or rather breaks in the luster, regardless of where it is. Mike is correct to a point, but the TPG's are far from...
It's graded MS67 FS by PCGS. And I agree with Mike's comments about the strike completely. Probably because it's not ? A planchet flaw I would...
You misunderstand Mike. Yes, it is a wire rim - caused by finning as I explained. And no, it would in no way have any impact whatsoever on the...
Doubt you'll find anything on the web. Some things require books, even in this day and age. But what further information would you like ?
The Fed has in their hands 150 million of them. That means there is even more out there for that does not include all those being sold by the Mint.
Mike after all these years I think you know where I stand on the point of honesty and ethics. You should also know quite well my feelings about...
Good of you to make such posts in this thread Jack. I've spent years telling people the same things you're telling them - but seems they won't...
Perhaps surprisingly, I think this one and the rupee both have dip residue.
You bet I would. One big difference in your comparisons though - you are presupposing that you can prove the painting is fake. And while I have no...
Yes, it's a Douzain du Dauphine, 1st emission, minted in either Grenoble or Montelimar in 1593. Catalog number is Duplessy 1257.
One of the rev diagnostics given in the CW article for the medium relief is that the olive branch is disconected from the eagle. This one is...
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