I had a coin (nice AR commem) that was treated with Dissolve (freon 113, no longer available), which should remove PVC residue. It was submitted...
Ah ... fare thee well then. If you should go to the museum, there is a whiskey store near it called Whiski, which also has an adjacent...
Enjoy your trip. We spent most of our time there in small towns in the highlands and had a great time. Another museum to consider is the...
I'd go with question #2. If she says it was gold, just say,"Oh right, slip of the tongue. I meant gold coin." She'll understand her ancient...
I belong to clan Bruce. I have a Bruce tartan cap (see below), but no kilt and unfortunately no Scottish coins. Cal [ATTACH]
On a recent trip to Scotland, my family and I were able to visit the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. It's a great museum with something...
I suppose there could be a coin with a label of genuine, (choose the problem), P details. I haven't seen one, but haven't really looked. Of...
Yeah. I first learned about lowball registry competition when I took a grading class from PCGS at Long Beach. I was amazed. But there are over...
Cost me $56. Because of lowballers, the cost versus grade price curve for certified coins goes up at the very low end. I don't really collect...
Coin is supposed to be 10.9 g. If 3.1 g had been removed from the surface, it would look a lot worse than it does unless tooled after acid. So,...
Definitely check the density. About this time, the mint was starting to play with different copper alloys for patterns. This isn't a pattern;...
I was using zip-lock as a generic term, but it's actually a trademark. So other manufacturers used similar terms, like grip-seal. They're all OK...
Nice proof! It's the KF-1-DDO variety. Notice the pronounced doubling (look at TRUST) and how the 7 and 1 are nearly touching. Cal
I haven't seen PE bags that state they are antimicrobial, only rigid containers, but they might exist. Bags labeled antioxidant are most likely...
Nice! Plain five variety. Cal
Two cents is a great series .... simple design, first to use the God motto, short. Relatively easy to complete a circulated one-per-date set,...
I agree that pure polyethylene and polypropylene are safe for coins. However, for food storage, some plastic containers made of these compounds...
I'm not about to say that grading standards didn't change. However, I would guess than most of the coins that graded 70 after year 2000 were...
It's "unresearched". Means he didn't bother to look up the city-state of the coin. Nothing worse than an unresearched fake. o_O Cal
I use auction prices realized for world coin prices and find it to be more realistic than any of the price guides. Both NGC and PCGS have these...
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