While I agree with part of the idea you're expressing, I disagree with other parts. I say that because unless the metal of the planchet actually...
Are you suggesting that in today's world the TPGs won't grade and slab dipped coins ?
$350-$400.
Why does the 'US MINT' need to make a profit? That's the question that started this thread, but nobody has yet really answered the question of...
But why do you want to do so ? You see that's really the question, and I'd wager that you want to do so because you think it would "look better"....
First of all one has to understand what started this particular tangent of this discussion - learning how to grade based on pictures. There is a...
When it comes to grading coins, using pictures for comparison purposes is worse than worthless - I would even say it is harmful. Pictures in...
I wasn't aware that they had a new waterproof slab. But even so, while a container can be waterproof, that does not make it airtight. And even if...
[ATTACH] $60.00 SOLD Described by the author as a "field guide" to the series, it makes identifying coins easy by arranging them into...
The plastic itself is air permeable, and the edges aren't completely sealed either. So air routinely migrates in and out of the slabs.
Volumes II, III, and IV of Gold Ducats of the Netherlands. Which by the way I am not the author. I do all of the editing and re-writing of the...
Simple answer, same one I gave when the first counterfeit slabs appeared some years ago. And same advice I have always given regarding the...
Yes, coins can be and have been toned, intentionally, in the slabs. As for control, it's just timing. And the gasses don't just stay there in the...
Not true. There are many, many cases of coins that were toned black, and dipped to reveal very nice luster. There is even a somewhat famous story...
Insider - Are you aware that when the GSA coins were found, sorted, and packaged, that the people doing the sorting - didn't have a clue what...
In the post of mine that you quoted, the key phrase is - That is because toning, if left unchecked, will destroy coins with a certainty. And I...
Yeah, OK. So ? It's easy enough for you to mention what you see in your listing and then ethics is covered. Personally, in looking at the...
Why ? You ever look closely at the top of a concrete floor ? It's made up of fine grains of sand virtually equidistant from each other. And...
Why not just sell it as is and get another one.
When looking at coins like these you need to think about what actually happens to the metal, in the different areas, when a coin is struck. And...
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