In all my years on coin forums, never have I used this - You Suck ! :bow:
Very nice ! :thumb:
Amazingly enough Paddy, I experienced the exact same things you did. I began collecting coins in 1960 with my grandfather. So I am well aware of...
Hmmmmm -sounds amazingly like what I have been saying all along :whistle:
To put it into perspective, try thinking about how much orifinal weight a heavily worn retains - instead of what it loses. Heavily worn coins will...
There is a big BUT regarding that though. For while there was a time when that was true, it really isn't any longer. Ever since PCGS changed its...
Because toning is virtually stopped once storage conditions are changed and optimized. So an attractively toned coin will remain attractive...
It is not a coin; it is a jeton. It has no value to speak of. If you tried to sell it you might get a couple dollars for it but that is all.
This is another one of those times where terminology is so important. If a coin is "slabbed" that means that a TPG has reviewed the coin,...
rlm is right - telling whether or not a coin has been dipped in acetone is impossible, as long as it is done correctly and there is no residiue...
There is a small segement of collectors who think that the bullion coins graded as 70's are somehow special and thus worth a great deal more than...
They always have been listed as SP by PCGS. It is how they differentiate the coins from normal business strikes because they are different than...
statequarterguy - To my eyes it looks like somebody already did. Same for your coin hiho. Now somebody is going to ask me why I think that....
Maybe because it's really an AU coin and not Gem BU ?
Yes, the web site is in English - but the book is in French. It's not that hard to teach yourself to read it though. I taught myself to read...
As I have said more times than I can count - many dealers don't know squat about coins.
Sam - whatever the value is now has absolutely no bearing on what the value will be at some point in the future. Many coins have lost 50% of their...
Huh ? You're gonna have to explain to me what you mean by - "they come from the mint SLABBED". No coin has ever come from the mint slabbed or...
No, they absolutely do not lose a lot of weight from wear. In fact very worn coins, even those down in the AG FR range do not lose anywhere near...
Say what you will Thad, but acetone IS known to turn some copper coins all sorts of weird colors. Yeah, I know, you and Dick and anybody else...
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