Let me ask you a question - for each of the coins you own, if the price you paid was 50 cents more - would you still have paid it ? No most people...
Even buying coins based on a picture is buying them sight unseen. The coin is not "seen" until you hold it in your hand. Personally, I would...
MS65 ;) Nice coin ! I think you'll find the toning looks much nicer in hand than it does in those pics.
I guess it depends on what you call good information. This article talks about what NCS, Numismatic Conservation Services, does and does not do....
I still think the same thing I did before - it's a silver round/token of some kind of modern manufacture.
You're right of course - boy do I wish they'd quit doin that !! My mouth is gettin sore from stickin my foot in it :rolleyes:
The best one I know of is Biox Conservation Liquid. Among other places, it can be found for sale HERE
I'll let Speedy speak for himself. But for me personally, errors, die damage, doubled die - what have you - doesn't appeal to me. I readily...
Well - my personal preference is to use Air-Tite coin holders. That's a brand name. There are other holders on the market that some consider to be...
Sure looks like it. Understand - it's not really the PVC that is the problem. It's the softeners they put into the PVC plastic holders to keep...
Just because a seller is asking a certain price for a coin doesn't mean it is worth that much. It only means he hopes he can find somebody who...
In this world - just about anything is possible. However, the jury is still out regarding the cents you mention. There are basically two camps -...
With this I agree. There are times when a coin SHOULD be cleaned. PVC contamination would be first and foremost among those times. PVC will...
OK - you purchased coins in cardboard 2x2 holders. The writing on the holders was put there by the seller. It represents his/her personal notes as...
Howdy korte - Welcome to the Forum !! The odds are a billion to one that the coin your grandson found is a magician's coin. You can read...
mr22601 - I'm trying to figure out just exactly WHAT you purchased. Now at $3 each - you're not going to be hurt too much either way. But you...
I'm still a bit confused. You are saying it says " ns-ngc-ms69 " on the slab. I don't know what that ns could be - that bothers me. Tell me...
Howdy skrilla - Welcome to the Forum !! The best advice I can give you is this - if you wish to collect Trade dollars, only purchase examples...
I have no idea what ns could mean - but the reason I said it was not a Proof wa sbecause of the D mint mark you mentioned. If it is an S - then...
Pete P. - I'm going to copy your post and start a new thread for you in Coin Chat named Sticky stuff on wheat cents. Please make all...
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