Correct, It is the laser scans that measure and record each and every little hit, contact mark, hairline, scratch, etc etc etc - that allow them...
From the looks of it that coin has been dipped before. I would strongly recommend against doing it again.
I'd word it differently; only buy coins from sellers that you know, trust, and respect. This is the only protection that anyone ever really has....
People have been doing it to coins in hours for a good many years. And doing it in such a way that it is indistinguishable from natural toning.
No reason to tell them, they are well aware of it - always have been.
Pictures of coins do not and cannot ever prove anything. This is because even slightly changing any of the angles involved in taking the picture...
Well, I can see why you might "think" so Galen. But you really have no way of knowing that what you think is correct. I say that because there are...
Didn't watch the video Books, but the guy really said that ???? Gregg, given that, don't ever even look at another video by that guy !
Look at yours, and then look at these -...
They did a few years ago, and he was a member of the upper brass, Deputy Director. What's more, he was also a very active member of this forum....
You posting that is certainly not a problem, it's just that I posted a link to an article with the very same story, a week ago - and in this...
I agree, but then that is just another way of saying the same thing I said - namely that there is no way one can know if black toning is truly...
Could have easily happened, acetone would remove the residue but not the toning.
I won't claim that it can be done with electrolysis but it can absolutely sometimes be done by dipping a coin. And I never claimed that black...
Typically what is sometimes called bag toning or textile toning has a crosshatched pattern similar to what you'll see here -...
Agreed, caused by long term contact with something having that pattern.
To answer the question posed, what is acceptable ? As mentioned that is an individual choice because for the most part it's nothing more than a...
I strongly disagree with this. You are right in that toning only has one purpose, but that purpose is the quite literal and ultimate destruction...
Granted. But you and I both have seen countless examples of copper coins that toned in the slab. Coins that were Red when they were slabbed, but...
Oh but he might. Ya see, first there was Frank, but then there was the other Frank, and then the other other Frank. And in a world like that, even...
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