True, but you can buy stuff that will remove verdigris. CLICK HERE
Neither - it's from the Netherlands. Oldest, so far - [IMG] Newest, so far - [IMG]
Well not exactly. It is possible the damage was done when the coin was new or it could have been done last year. It only takes a short time for a...
It's not quite what you might think it is. The grading company - and ONLY the grading company - determines what that market value is. You have no...
Not weird at all if it's a fake - and it sounds like it is.
It's not difficult, you take a small sharp tool and actually carve the metal. But in this case I think someone has actually removed the original...
I would imagine he did it like this - [IMG] [IMG] You save the pics to your own computer, use photo software to increase the size,...
I don't normally collect coins by sets. But there is just one set that I would like to complete some day. By date and mint mark might be just a...
No problem Mr. B ;) The subject of the value of the '99 Silver Proof sets has been discussed many times in various threads. It's all in the...
A fair warning Walter - and a deserved one. But for whatever it's worth, when I give my opinion about price and/or grade, I completely ignore the...
ANACS -
Found the PCGS guarantee - took a while though. It's listed in the Customer Bill of Rights - shoulda know THAT :rolleyes: PCGS -
Looks like the #2 slab to me - but better let Conder say for sure.
Based on the pics and assuming the reverses are similar condition - $650 - $700 for each. JMO
Dunno right off - I don't often price full sets, it would take some looking. But R & I typically sells high end stuff with 65 being the bottom -...
Geeeez Bill, no reason to be sorry. Everybody makes a mistake now and then. Matter of fact, I do it so often that Roy even went so far as to go...
Robin - Congrats on the new book !! I know you are quite proud, and with good reason, of the work you have done helping to make this, and all the...
You're right - it is easy to see what happened, but it was the '80s not the '70s. One of the best ways is to look at an old copy of Coin World and...
No problem - you can have your say just the same as me ;) And I am trying to explain to everyone that the reasoning for thinking that way...
With slabbed coins it wouldn't really matter - serial numbers & barcodes. With raw coins - I don't know that you get a good enough and large...
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