Your choice of course, but it's a safe link, checked myself - a completed ebay link. And you also have to realize that it's not his picture. So...
Fair enough, but the discussion, and the question asked, isn't and wasn't about the extremes and or, how shall I say it - "other possibilities"...
You'd be hard pressed to find anybody who's more an authority on VAMs than this guy - And for those who "don't" know who he is -...
OK, answer a question for me. Take a coin, any coin, put in an airtight oxygen free container, ordinary air in other respects just no oxygen in it...
Water under pressure can be and in fact IS used to cut through 3 ft. of steel like a hot knife through butter. BUT - a Waterpik ? Unh uh, there's...
Personally, I don't think shows are a very good indicator. I say that because many of the younger collectors simply don't have the money to be...
You're the chemist, you tell me :)
I won't swear to it but I think it means 3 stuiver. At the time, an 8 reales was worth 40 stuiver. So an eighth of an 8 reales would be 5 stuiver,...
:rolleyes: Uhhh, yeah I'm fully aware of that. I phrased my comment the way I did because, as I said, I was trying to put it in simple terms. And...
In simple terms, yes. That's why with whatever metal is involved it's called oxidation - which is nothing more than another word for corrosion,...
To do what ? Canned air works fine for blowing dust off a coin but that's about all it'll do. But even with canned air you gotta be careful when...
To be a bit more specific for those who do not know, silver and gold coins have 2 tolerances actually - one for weight and one for fineness.
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - maybe. But as I've already said I don't have an explanation. And I'm skeptical because, typically, most marks on a planchet...
It is highly unlikely that using a Waterpik will remove verdigris. Oh it might blow some of the softer stuff off, (verdigris is sometimes a light...
First of all you need to be reasonably certain that it is haze. I say that because there are some other things, (PVC residue for one), that can...
I forgot to mention, the bluish cast sometimes seen is usually caused by haze (the early stage of toning). And haze can be safely removed if ya...
I'm not sure what caused those marks. I say that because, at least to my eyes, they appear to be incuse. And if they were on the die and produced...
Answer can be found here - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-have-a-question.331678/ As for foreign/world coins, there is no single source for...
Just for the sake of clarification. What members do privately, and how they go about doing it is up to them. The rules I talked about in post #7...
Well if it is the same marks will be found on many others of the same date/mint. And if they are then it should be, stress should be, a known VAM....
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