I wasn't trying to bait you into anything. But there is no way that grading standards can start at the bottom and go up. For one thing, if you...
Well to begin with Mike I have never said that I agree with the 69 grade. I merely said that this coin is what they are supposed to look like. So...
Zeke the problem with your method is that the bags are not airtight. While they do add a level of protection, it would still be better to keep the...
oval - your crosshairs pretty much confirm that the red rev I marked and the green obv Dick marked are the spot. What you have to realize is that...
It's because the paper and cardboard are loaded with sulphur. Not good for coins. The sets or the other coins in the same safe.
You're right Dick, it's obvious when you see both the pics I marked one right above the other in my post. 'Course I didn't have that advantage...
Here's your plug -
Actually the grading scales are based from the top down, not the bottom up. And it could be no other way.
OK - just think about it for a minute. A coin's original owner places it in his album. The coins starts to tone and gets a ring of color around...
It's fine ;) But just so you know, there is a special section for posting test pics in the Support and Feedback section.
[IMG] You do it however you want. If it works for you then it'll work for me too ;)
It's not as bad as you think room wise. I used to have all of them, multiples of many. It just requires a small safe. The trick is that you remove...
Maybe because I don't believe they are planchet defects :D
Again, if you had more experience you'd already know who. The coin itself says who. Experience and knowledge are important here again. For...
Sure the colors can change, that is the natural progression of toning. But the progression only goes one way, it never reverses. It can however...
You're right, I'm not going to change my mind. But anybody who wants to spend the time reading the tax code, and that means reading preceeding...
From Mike Locke's page on the subject -
I knew what ya meant Dave, but I had to read it 3 or 4 times first. So I figured if I was confused then others might be too. Thus my post ;)
That's only part if it. For toning to occur it also requires temperature, humidity and air. And what's in the air. And what is in the air depends...
This is what a Lincoln cent is supposed to look like. It is important to note though that there was a change made in 1918. Either the old hub was...
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