dcinffxva - First of all the Walker you pictured has already been cleaned. What you refer to as accumulated crud is only what the cleaning did...
Uhhhh guys - if would be extremely helpful to most people if you would be a bit more accurate with your statements regarding whether or not NGC...
Because the lines, even if they are die polish lines and I have my doubts on that - make it ugly as sin. As for the toning, my thoughts are it was...
Because if it only cost you 3 cents to make it and you can sell it for 50 cents - how much profit did you make ? Now do that 100 times - do it...
Mind telling me why ? It seems to have the characteristics of a genuine clip. The edge of the rims slope down into the clip and there is weakness,...
My guess - AT. But even if it wasn't toned, I wouldn't buy that coin on a bet.
To answer that question first ask yourself this - what is more important to you - 1- accurate grading 2 - potential for re-sale 3 -...
I am not a chemist, but I know this much. The people who make products will pretty much always tell you that they are safe to use, they do want to...
I'd have to say it is not.
Unless you are quite well versed in being able to detect fakes on your own, you are far better off to stick with coins slabbed by NGC or PCGS....
Well I guess it depends on how you read the question - What year was there the greatest variety of common circulated coinage? To me it's...
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Looks like a straight clip error to me.
I would say 1965 is the answer.
No. 1937
Re-do the math. The first Venetian ducat was produced in 1274. They continued to be made until 1797. That's 523 years. No, it is an...
If you'd read a litle more carefully Tom you'd realize that I agree that cleaning - meaning proper cleaning- IS a great thing to do - for some coins.
The use of "dripping" is a typo - nothing else. The reason it shows up more than once is because people building web sites copy each other - often...
Your image link does not work - try posting a link to the auction instead. And thanks Conder for the clarification.
I think he's asking if anyone can tell the difference just by looking at them.
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