The coin has been harshly cleaned. I would wait for a problem free example if it were me.
Because it has the same mushy details as the other fake, it has a rough grainy texture common to cast fakes, and because you can see the darker...
You should really talk to Jim, those meds he takes may even help your delusions :D
If a coin is uncirculated it is not likely that it going to have anything on it that needs cleaned off. Do not confuse toning with dirt, and...
Medium relief ? I know of 1 1922 high relief, but medium relief ? That's a new one on me. It is probably just a well struck example.
Buy them over the internet spock and have them shipped to you.
There could be a couple different reasons why it was made that way. It may have been that way deliberately so it would not be confused with...
The 1950 sets all had cellophane sleeves for the coins. The sleeves in that pic are made of soft plastic, therefore it is not original. It is...
Hopefully you got the date wrong on that seeing as how it is now March 6th.
They would have little if any value as they are both fakes. And the gold content of Ventian ducats is 98.6%, not 99.99%.
I dunno Mike, I thought so too. But the last time I tried to access them I got the same message - only for paying members. I do believe they have...
First I ever heard of it Spencer. How long have they had them in KY ? I know they sure didn't when I was a kid.
Yes, it could be soap residue as well, or anything else used to clean the coin. But the most common cause is a coin dip. A dip is just a...
Yes, cell phones don't work, but they do have internet access ;)
Now wait a minute - are you guys really tryin to tell me that there is a world outside of Coin Talk :rolleyes: Yeah right, like I'm going to...
Don't count on it. They do give volume discounts but only to those who submit thousands of coins.
I would have to say the coin is AU and that it is not FB even by PCGS standards which is the more lenient of the two.
There was a study published about this in Coin World some years ago. Short and sweet the concensus was that the pop numbers for common coins...
It is dip residue. The coins were not dipped properly and some of it remains on the coins.
Luis learning to recognize harsh/improper cleaning can be one of the hardest things there is to learn in this hobby. The reason for that is...
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