LOL ! I really did laugh out loud when I read this thread this morning. It's all been said a hundred times before, and most has been said again...
Exceptions to the rule do not disprove the rule. That's why they call them exceptions.
Let me put it to you this way, if you don't know coins well enough to grade them correctly and accurately yourself - stay home.
Ever hear the saying that if you are going to do something that it is worth doing right ? Well, that applies to coin holders too. Problem is,...
I advocate the use of anything spock when there is a need for it to be done, and if it - 1 - does not harm the coin 2 - does what it is...
From what I've seen and read people have been trying to figure the whys and wherefores of the registry systems since the day they were created !...
LOL ! Now there's an idea :D
Wellllll, you might say it's because not everybody "likes" hearing the truth. Especially when a large number aren't willing to believe that it is...
I'm not trying to argue either. I just thought that everybody on the planet understood that any coins put into coin tubes are going to rub against...
Actually they always were readily available, even before the internet. All you had to do was call up a dealer who had was a member of the coin...
To the best of my knowledge, they are all slabbed already. But since I do understand what you mean and to answer your question - no, I would not....
MS70 works wonders - if you use it as it is intended to be used. And don't use it on copper.
I can't say specifically what coins have gone up the most, but just about every US coin there is went up 300% or more in the last 10 years. And...
Why ? Because it just strikes me as being odd, and I think it would strike most anyone as odd, that you would be concerned about minor edge...
I agree with you, they never should have started putting problem coins in slabs. And until recent years, they never would. But since 80% or more...
Sorry, but I have to disagree with your assessment that the scratch is not visible with the naked eye - without magnification in other words. I...
I'm not gonna deny that what you are describing can happen. But if a person simply washes their hands before handling the coin, that issue will be...
The point Chris is that most people don't even have a clue they are going to lose money on their collections. And that's sad. It's not sad that...
I don't think anybody disagrees that there often seems to be no rhyme or reason to them going ahead and slabbing a problem coin. That one is a...
No scratch like that was ever the result of a bag mark.
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