No, the damage done to the coin cannot be restored.
People tend to get hung up on words, including me. Cleaning is one of those words. When somebody mentions cleaning a coin and there is a negative...
I look forward to it Charmy ;)
I agree, and I'm not kidding. There appears to be light wear on both sides.
Must say Russ, I am surprised.
Same for me - Saturday only.
65 would be my guess. Personally I feel the coin is over-graded at 64 - it has no eye appeal at all and there is little if any luster visible,...
There is no such thing as an official set of grading standards. Instead, we have many, different, sets of grading standards. NGC uses the NGC set...
And to you Chris !
I wouldn't pay too much attention that article as the author has his facts a bit confused. I will say this however, the premise of grade-flation...
You misread my comment, I do not have any examples that I can show you. The point is this Mike, as long as the same chemicals/elements,...
What you report is exactly what I would have expected to happen. And yes PCI IS that far off with their grading.
Nope.
THAT is the key point ! Knowledgeable coin doctors can reproduce natural toning perfectly because the AT process is exactly the same as the NT...
Don't have one to show ya. But you know enough about bag & textile toning to know how it happens. So use your head and think for a minute. How...
I'd say you have accurately described the issue. It's an AU coin in an MS slab ;)
It's a lot easier than you think. So is textile toning.
Precisely.
Now where was it I heard that before ?
But people in that postion will never ask.
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