Your wrong on that count. Thousands are melted every single day.
The range of differences between grades can vary greatly because there is a fairly wide range within each grade. And that is not even considering...
We'll see what Thad says. But, I think it is important to understand that the edges of slabs are not completely sealed together all the way...
riff - the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. That is a law of physics. angle of incidence - is the light coming to the coin...
I never said anything remotely like that. The point I am trying to get across to you is that I have seen a thousand times as many toned coins as...
OK Paul, tell me this. If what I said about the color on many toned coins not being readily visible except from one angle is wrong, then why is...
Forget the Blue Book, don't bother to buy it. And while you're at it, forget any price/value you see in the Red Book. The Red Book is an...
Not going to belabor the point, but please tell me how, when you have never been to a single coin show, when you don't go to dealer's shops to...
Paul, yes there are some coins that do show their color at just about any angle. But there are far more of them that do not, they just look dark...
Not Coin World. In the past I have begged and pleaded just to be able to post 1 of their pictures, or even a single paragraph from their magazine...
The world is made up of good people, bad people, and people somewhere in between. What they happen to do for a living has nothing to do with it....
One thing everybody should be aware of when it to comes to toned coins is that most toned coins will not look like those great pictures when you...
There is something else that people often fail to even think about when it comes to the progression of color on coins. Yes, toning will follow a...
Amanda - the very definition of oxidation is the interaction of other substances with oxygen. But you are correct that coins can tone even without...
I never bought the book but I read the column for years. Personally I like it. The grading standards they put forth are very similar to those used...
Yes, so will PCGS.
I dunno. On coins like this I think personal taste plays a large part, could go either way.
Purely a matter of my personal taste, but I just don't like that coin. It sure does have a nice strike though.
Link works :thumb:
Zach even if the sets had been opened and tampered with, post strike damage could not cause the raised bumps and lines. That could only happen if...
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