Yes that is the kind of box and cellophane that the sets originally came in. But the cellophane was also wrapped in tissue paper. The original...
It says right in the Red Book why they were made - because there were no half cents made in 1837 and they drastically needed them. So these were...
You can start with what you find here - http://www.cointalk.com/t14179/ As for books, there are literally hundreds of them. The two I suggest you...
If you know that, then why do you still use ebay ?
Yes, that is one of the theories for the origin of milk spots. But it is only a theory, nobody knows if it is true or not.
Actually I think they will, but they will charge you extra if you do. Yes, they can. The archival quality flips are well known for causing light...
There are lots of them. On a pure numbers basis there are far more than there ever were in years past. But that is due to the huge numbers of...
Based on those pictures none of them are FBL in my opinion.
No there isn't. They do not guarantee any kind of attribution.
My point, as always, is that you can clean the coin without doing harm to the coin. But there are very few ways to do that.
Aslpride, you're probably not going to like this but I have heard and read this same story more times than I can count. And in my opinion the...
Attributions, including variety attributions, reference attributions and pedigree attributions are NOT guaranteed. Further, NGC does not guarantee...
Quite true. But what will you think when you are siting there scrubbing up those circulation finds, and the crud you remove with the toothbrush...
I don't think there is any way to tell based on pictures. Only way I know of is to send it in.
Correct. I strongly disagree.
But the TPGs don't see it that way. They use their own criteria, and only those criteria, for all of the special designations. And as long as the...
Write to them and ask them, I'm sure they'll tell ya.
It's a double tournois.
That's the problem, because with soaps, and other chemicals other than those I mentioned, some always remains behind, on the coin. There is...
Could you do a better job with the pics ? Yeah probably. But i think you did an OK job as it is. It's not the camera, it's the lighting and angles...
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