Well that's kind of because it would take 50 pages of posts to describe with words how to detect if a coin has been harshly cleaned or not....
Sometimes you don't. The coin you linked to, why would anybody even want to clean it ? I see no dirt and grime on it, I see nothing on it but what...
Left is BU, right is AU.
Are you qualified to do this ? And if you are, why would anybody want you to do it when they can go to any coin dealer and do the same thing ?
Wise choice, even if you completely forget about the toning. Look at the blown up pic of the obv - the field from the hair bun down to below the...
Hopefully you're joking. While I am 100% certain that copper can be dipped with nobody being the wiser, most people will disagree and say that it...
Think about it for a minute Jim. How long would it take for 1 person to polish just 1 die doing it by hand ? And do you think for even 1 second...
Yes there is, distilled water. Soak the coins, hold them by the edges and swish them around in it. That's really all you can or should do.
PVC residue on a coin can vary greatly in color and texture depending on the age of the residue. It can be a completely clear residue, very thin...
It is, but here is what you are not taking into consideration - that is only ONE Bid from that ONE specific dealer. And there are thousands of...
Not really. Battle took place Jan. 8, 1815. Treaty of Ghent February 17, 1815.
Jim, it was not done by hand. Even back in the 1800's (and probably before that) they used a mechanical device to polish dies. In fact the most...
Then you need to change your way of thinking because it simply is not true ! Are there some battleship grey coins that have been harshly cleaned...
For me, it never mattered how much I took with me. It was never enough.
Well unless you just bought it, no. And if you did just buy it, no. Why ? Because you don't know how. And I certainly hope you did not just buy...
Dollar value. The PCGS 3000 is made up of a group of 3000 coins chosen to indicate o rrepresent the movement in value of the coin market as a...
Well when you consider that the battle that inspired the poem didn't take place until Sept. of 1814, And Key wrote those lyrics when he saw the...
Any hardware store will carry it, any paint store will, or places like Home Depot and Lowes.
True, but it was pretty much limited to those coins that were only worth the value of their gold or silver content to begin with. For example, if...
This should tell you what happened in 2008 - [ATTACH]
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