Gonna getcha for that ! :shifty:
Randy - these pics from the US Mint website might help you understand what happens and when during the making of coin dies. [ATTACH] This next...
I get what you're saying, but it's really the high magnification doing that, not the marks. Even the highest grade coins will look blurry if you...
Personally I've never experienced it and I use ziplocks all the time with wet hands - just not for coins.
No problem, based on your comments I just wanted to clarify things.
I recommend that you do not use acetone on copper, use xylene on copper. But acetone is perfectly fine on ALL other coins. You'll find...
These marks that you're referring too, that is NOT what determines whether a coin is mint state or not mint state. There's only 1 thing that...
No apologies needed, I'm an American. As for Air-Tites being expensive in the UK, you can buy them here in the US easily enough and fairly...
I myself used to use boxes similar to these -...
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