Appears it is an AH, but also appears to have been roughly handled based on those pics.
Was my first thought - altered surfaces, perhaps even whizzed. But if it was, they certainly did a good job of it. edit - ahhh, I see from your...
The evidence is plainly obvious - it is the price itself. The market establishes price based on availability and frequency of availability for any...
Appears to have been harshly cleaned at some point, that coupled with the numerous rim dings would keep it from being graded. I agree the coin has...
Pics aren't working - red X's.
Must admit have never seen one so darkly colored, nor can I imagine what could cause it. But I can't really see anything to make me decide one way...
No need for him to say it, I readily admit it ! There is only 1 ;)
The coin is damaged and shouldn't be considered gradable. I would say damaged XF details. But given the issue the TPG's would probably net grade...
Never actually filled a bathtub, used to use 5 gal. buckets of it, dip a rag in it repeatedly and rub myself down with it until I got all the...
If I were a betting man, and I am, I would bet a lot the coin is fake based on the pics.
spock at various points in my carrer I have done a LOT of painting. And as often happens, painters get a LOT of paint on their bodies after 12 to...
Pretty much nothing, I have literally taken a bath in the stuff before on numerous occasions and suffered no ill effects other than dried out skin.
Copper is the most reactive of all our coinage metals. About the only way to stop it from changing color is to stop the air from getting to it,...
The coin does have a strange look to it but would need better pics to offer an opinion. PVC would do virtually nothing to gold, and die alignment...
Tickled ya got it :thumb: Great strike on that one :eat: Well Eduard, let's just say the he picked the name a bit before his intense...
Hardly abandoned, more like neglected. Kinda tough to access the internet driving down the interstate ya know :secret: What's the matter spock...
Another nice addition to your collection :eat:
Date ? What date ? :kewl: Besides spock, I ran away 2 days in advance ;)
NOT by everyone ;)
Enough ! Thread is closed. And if this continues elsewhere - action will be taken in short order.
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