Boy are you ever gonna have folks talking to themselves trying to figure out what those are in the years to come ;)
It's not at all hard to understand. Harshly cleaning coins was THE thing to do for centuries ! The Smithsonian still does it even today.
Are sure they are even genuine coins Fishy ? That one Barber has 0 reeding - reeding doesn't wear off of coins unless they have been used in slot...
Well, I am glad to hear that the practice is changing ;)
OK Fishy - ask Cleambo to check one his bags and see how many of those coins are slicks. You've got his numbers right here in the thread as to...
As rule of thumb - accepted mint tolerance was 1%. That means the coin could weigh 1% too much and be acceptable, or weigh 1% too little and be...
Wrong. The thing that makes that statement wrong is the use of the word only. You can take a coin that has virtually no toning to speak of, at...
Nothing, and nobody, is better. But there are some equals. Reputable dealers. And they are equal because they will stand behind what they sell you...
It leaves him right where he has always been. You are 100% correct ! Butas I said above, they always have been. No, it doesn't rule out...
Christian I have no doubt that there are some people, some dealers and collectors, in Europe that do not find harsh cleaning as being acceptable....
Exactly correct. And do you know why it doesn't change ? Because the coins they are buying have not lost weight. Now here's the thing. Take a...
I have used a scale to weigh coins, thousands of them over the years. Now I will ask you this, why don't you read what I actually say ? I have...
No, we're not kids. But then we're not talking about pouring chemicals on a coin as being the same as natural toning either. Nobody, in all the...
Chris I can only tell you that I can relate literally thousands of examples where it was true. You read the world coin sections of the various...
I think it will be more along the lines of defining what is, and what is not, doctoring. Only then, will they come out of the closet. And it...
You left out the most important, and the most obvious answer - it's because coins don't lose weight to wear. And they know it !
Of course it was a pocket piece, it was my pocket piece. And if you take the trouble to search them out you will find many other times I posted...
What really cinches it being a scam Mark is that the only 2 examples that were left alone and not artificially worn were those taken by mint...
I think you'll find that 4 sets were commissioned for diplomatic presentation pieces, but only 2 were ever actually given to foriegn dignitaries....
It's a purely debatable subject and one with so very many possible answers that it almost defies listing them all.
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