Yes it can, provided there is enough of it. But melting is a result of heat, and there is not enough heat generated by the striking of a coin to...
If I may ask, this briefcase, do you store coins in it ? And if you do, what is this briefcase made of ? And not just the outer material, but the...
Coins begin toning the instant they are struck because they are exposed to the air. So in simplest terms all toning depends on what is in the air....
Quite often it is because they see, or know, something you do not.
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Yes. Yes, and no. There are plenty of AT coins in TPG slabs, some of them ASEs. Coins have even been artificially toned while they were in the...
Doesn't matter really. The coins are always machined, usually with one fitting inside the other, thus leaving the edge the same as it was...
Think about what you are asking. How could it be possible for the molecules of one metal to do something that the molecules of another metal,...
Uhhhh, no it does not. The metal flows because of pressure exerted upon it, not heat produced by the act of it being struck. But your question of...
Something to think about. Let's imagine that this is a cross section of the coin. _________________ _________________ Now imagine that when a...
Oh I'm well aware of it, use it rather often actually. In fact if you go here - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/introduction.13961/ - you'll...
No, they're not. But losses on one item/s can be used to offset gains on another item/s. Yeah they do. They also have people who work for the...
The Barber definitely looks to have been harshly cleaned to my eyes. And if you blow the pics up you can see traces of what might be harsh...
Same reason they "clean" any coin - because they think it'll look better, grade higher, or sell for more. In other words, improve it in some way....
It's not the loss of an outer layer, it's merely the changing of that outer layer's color from red to brown. If metal underneath were to be...
I'm not sure what you mean by saying that really isn't toning. No, it's not colorful toning, but it is most definitely toning all the same. It is...
The contact mark all by itself would prevent an FS, but there are at least 3 other places on the bottom 2 steps that would stop it from getting...
To my eye that is a VF details coin, scratched and harshly cleaned. Here's what a Proof example of the same coin looks like I.L....
Given the look of the coin, and the weight you report, I suspect this one is a fake. It should weigh almost 33 gm.
Which is what I said in post #5. And apparently, the TPGs agree also.
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