Excellent examples, now do you have some pics of "bad toning" to show folks ? The harmful kind ? The dark brown and/or black toning that is one...
Yeah Paul, I know. But his book was not even published until 1989, many years after the name was first coined.
Fair enough.
I think if you ask him what Pope will tell you is this. The terms he uses to describe quality of strike apply to the series as a whole, meaning...
Stoster - The Hugh Wood policy I used to have was for $100,000 and the premium was only $200 a year. This covered my coins stored at home. It...
I think Reynolds pretty well nailed the grade, for a couple of reasons. For one Mike's coin was well struck. And if you look at other examples of...
I think the days of being able to buy something on ebay cheaper than you can in a dealer's shop are gone, and have been gone for several years...
It's merely a coin folder sold to collectors, or a folder and coins put together by a private company and then sold to collectors. The coins are...
Typically when that dark toning is present pretty much everyplace on the coin it is a sign that the coin has already been dipped. And what you see...
This is what the Mint Sets from 1947 through 1958 looked like. This one was from 1949.
Phrase it however you want, but 92% of them are either good strike (69%) or full strike (23%).
Values of the Mint and Proof sets from 1956 to date is minimal, nor is it likely to increase any time soon. As for the values for the sets...
Speak for yourself, because I've never said any such thing.
That coin has had a bath.
But Jim, if the purity of the gold is below spec in those melted coins, then the weight is going to be below spec. That is how they test the...
I agree completely that in any large sample, say 10,000 coins, you are going find a roughly equal number that are over spec and under spec. And...
Mike there are several questions involved here for the sake of understanding. One is what causes die polish lines and where we are likely to find...
Well, I wasn't the only one who thinks they are on the coin.
That's where we disagree. Sintered planchets have existed since long before 1959 and on other denominations besides nickels. It is my contention...
There's a very simple test that's done everyday, by a great many people. You take a $1,000 bag of junk silver. A $1,000 bag of junk silver...
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