Blazing, TPG loving, luster! 67
I knew this coin would burn some folks.
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I hope it pans out! Thanks Mike!
Well known for mushy strikes. Amost no hits and the color is quite nice actually. Most of these are kind of pinkish in MS. 63RB NOTE! I...
It would depend on the luster. Even though the obverse is fairly heavily oxidized, I suspect there's some cartwheel luster under it. If so, this...
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It's same principle that intercept shield holders use. Any sulfides that enter the bag will react with the exposed copper. I'm curious as to why...
The coin shows severe verdigris. VERDI-CARE™ would remove the light to moderate verdigris and shrink the down the severe stuff. The only way to...
Doug is correct. It's just toning and not due to the holder. Here's what you need to do. Put the coin in a freezer style ziplock bag with a...
DGS was a great grading company. I would buy their slabbed coins in a heartbeat.
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From a guy with great skill! LOL
That 1915 is edited !
Beautiful coins! I love MPL's! I see the woodgraining on both them.
That's just an EDXRF instrument, we have one of those too with an autosampler. It runs much faster but doesn't give you the ability to look at...
Never invest, buy the coins because you enjoy collecting them.
I have to agree with Doug here. These discussions are important to the hobby and one of the reasons this forum exists. That said, there's no way...
Given time. We have an SEM-EDXRF in my lab. However, we have a very busy lab, we process almost 1000 samples a week and we have about 10 metal...
I use 4x in most cases and then 10x to look at what I think might be a variety or error. IMO, using 10x to look at coins just reveals every little...
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