Yes it is a very nice coin, and it looks to be an MS64 in most all respects - except one, it has light wear. Now it looks too nice to grade it...
Can't speak about platinum because I have little experience with it. But steel ? Yeah, it tones. 'Course most folks call it corrosion and or rust.
On that we agree ;) But it certainly appears that the TPGs do not agree that Blue Ribbon is market acceptable. Nor do I.
Works for me ;)
Hmmmm - can't say for certain just yet, but I'll sure try and make it if for no other reason that to try and meet you two face to face !
Mike I think you'll find plenty of BR coins in the slabs of both companies. And again, it is my opinion that it's not that either company ever...
Does it ? Even assuming that acetone, xylene or some other solvent will completely remove all traces of the oil - something that I'm not 100% sure...
It's not that I think it should be banned. If people want to use it on their own coins then fine, let them. But I know you can do just as much to...
Matt, you never did answer, or at least I didn't see it if you did. But those marks at 4 o'clock - is the metal disturbed there or not ?
Mike if that's what you want then just buy them. Searching for them in sets will take forever.
Paul your thinking is that by storing coins in an album with controlled temperature and humidity over a short period of time results in different...
I don't think Mike is being contradictory, I think he just misundersttod what I was saying. And I think you are misunderstanding what he is...
It only seems to be incongruous because you are making an assumption, but it's a false assumption. First, all I said was that I was sad about it....
Well, that depends. First of all on the person doing the buying and what is important to that person. If we're talking about somebody like Lehigh...
Mike the best I can tell you is this - I spent years and years searching those sets and rarely did I ever find any sets that even had 1 cameo coin...
I find it interesting that all of the things like Blue Ribbon, Coin Care, mineral oil, renaissance wax etc. that I have told people that were not...
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