Hard to say for sure - but since the "stuff" is yellow - and the coins have yellow/gold toning - 2+2= ?? If nothing else - I would blast each...
Strictly my opinion - there is a large ding at the base of the neck and a few too many marks in the fields and the devices of the obverse for 66....
Well I rather doubt it's nicotine to begin with. If the coins were in Whitman folders - and assuming the folders were closed when stored -...
One problem with that - a large part of the recognized "experts" who could provide such testimony - are defendants.
Personally - I would never dip any coin in acetone. But there is a large segment of the collecting community that feels it is harmless. But not...
The one on the left is a beauty - 65 ;) The other one - on a good day it'll still get 63 - bad 62.
DO NOT dip copper coins in acetone !!
To grade any coin properly you need to see all three sides. Obverse, reverse and the edge. But typically when using pics just obv & rev is...
Coins with far more marks than those coins can still be graded as mint state. Bag marks, or the lack of them, definitely impact the grade. But...
Alas this can be a problem with world coinage as well. I have many books that I paid over $200 for. But if you want to learn - that is often the...
And now it doesn't :mad: OK - be that way. This'll work :D
Hmmmm - the famous red X - hate it when that happens :D Let's see if this works - ahhhhhhh - magic - it works now ;)
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