gatzdon - The correct answers have already been posted in this thread. Problem is, nobody ever wants to believe anybody else because they...
Sounds like a plan to me - 'nuff said.
They are the only recognized conservation company there is for coins. At least the only one I know of. The same people who own NGC owns NCS.
There would be no difference at all, assuming that you could do it, as you say, properly. That means without damaging the surface of the coin and...
Has he been gone ?? I hadn't noticed. Did think it had been nice and quiet for a while. Oh well - too good to last I guess :D
First you'd have to figure out what the difference is between an error and a variety. So far, that argument has been ongoing for decades without...
So by that reasoning if a coin is placed in album or a coin envelope and left there for many years and it tones because of the sulphur in the...
Good job :thumb:
Ryan coins tone because the metal in the coin interacts with the objects it touches. Even the very air and the chemicals in that air around the...
There are as many different ways to tone a coin as there are coins - literally thousands. As for how do you tell if it's natural or not - it's a...
If it's natural toning - sometimes it does, yes.
People "think" a lot of things - most of them are wrong. Talk to an accountant and do what he tells you.
So Conder - when you say the early copper field I can only assume that you mean among members of the EAC. Is this correct ? Are you also saying...
About the only place I know of would be to go to the coin shows. And even then it's going to be hit and miss. Your best bet would be to ask your...
No they are not. Heritage is the largest and one of the most repsected auction houses in the hobby.
It's not a snow job eddie, you can buy them all day long for about $12 or $13.
First off, forget about price guides like that - they are worse than worthless. The only price guide that even comes close is the Grey Sheet.
You already have access to it. Every member with 10 posts or more can post there. And anyone can read it - even non-members.
He meant friends that work at Heritage gopher.
Well Ed, do you not think it likely that the most obvious reason for that is because in the '50s there were no grading standards at all. Even...
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