Full bands but the obv looks harshly cleaned to me.
Toning can't be stopped, at least not with the current options we have available. The best that can ever be done is to slow it down. But once...
It is only considered advertising or self promotion (as far as our rules are concerned) when the person posting is also the person selling....
Uhhhh - I think that mighta been part of the test ;)
The term environmental damage is used to cover several things : having been buried in the ground, PVC contamination, heavy and excessive toning,...
There is no doubt that "bubbles" do occur in the coin market, that is just a fact. And when they do occur, nothing is immune. And of course there...
The only advantage there is rest with the people making the things and selling them. It allows them to sell these sets for many multiples of what...
Yes, and it is not all that uncommon. Usually it happens when the seller doesn't know there is a different between a Mint Set and Proof Set. Of...
Yeah there is a difference, one color is for Denver the other color is for Philly.
Let's put it this way, gold can be made thin enough that you can see through it. Astronaut helmets, the face plates, are plated with gold.
Vic, there are still good deals on ebay. I've never disputed that. BUt for every good deal you can find, there are a hundred, maybe a thousand,...
As said already it's real gold. But there is so little of it that the gold on an entire 5 coin set is worth less than a couple dollars.
Nothing wrong with your purchase. Nor does it prove anything. Live auction, in July - FUN show. Same coin, same grade, same TPG, same RD...
The coin is corroded, and heavily corroded at that. Yes, it is absolutely a problem coin for that reason. But the TPGs don't care, they slab...
What it boils down to is this - how many times do you have to be told no before you accept that answer ? My point is that once you have been told...
It doesn't have a dang thing to do with sales. It is called common courtesy and it is due all people in all situations. And if you don't show it...
Different situations call for different actions. edit - the situation I am talking about, the one Conder described, is this. The customer has...
It doesn't have anything to do with being reasonable or acceptable. What Conder said has to do with letting the customer know that what he, the...
Not you that I am worried about.
wanna try again ?
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