Howdy Conrad - Things are going OK for me, no complaints anyway. You'll get back into the swing of things with coins soon enough. A daughter's...
Winner Announced And the winner is - konabear ! Between WINS and Coin Talk members there were almost 100 entires in this contest. All names...
Ziplocks contain no PVC.
It does indeed Hobo ;) My son still collects though, so every now and then I may buy some coins but they aren't for me. And of course I'm...
Actually they aren't. The plastic is still permeable. Want to test it yourself - take a coin from your pocket and seal it up in one. Then place...
Congrats Eduard ! When you get the coin look it over closely. It has a greenish cast in a couple of spots, if it's really there it will require...
The E R T Y all have it, but I'd guess die wear is the cause.
Howdy aggie - Welcome to the Forum !! First of all, put the coin in saltwater or it will continue to deteriorate at a rapid pace. Next post a...
Just call them up and ask them, they'll answer all your questions.
As I said, I got the prices direct from Heritage - real, actual, realized auction prices. It's kind of hard to argue with those. And if PCGS got...
OK, I'd buy that they won't rust - but they will corrode. They very well may be a lot better than regular staples though.
There is no such thing as an airtight coin holder - they don't exist. But when I refer to Air-Tites that is the brand name. Air-Tites are round....
DJ - yeah, parts of the mark look like a fingerprint may have been there at one time. But look at the marks I have arrows pointing to - there's no...
It matches the design of this coin - real plata from Spain in the late 1400's minted by Ferdinand and Isabella. But I believe the copper version...
I used the Intercept products for 6 or 7 years, never had a problem.
All metal will rust, even stainless steel.
Gonna getcha for that Frank :kewl: 'Sides, you're older than me :)
Although I no longer own them, I used to own several with only 4 - 10 examples known to exist.
One of the best known reasons, and ot has been written about several times in the numismatic press over the years, is because the edges of the...
In a nutshell, the 2001 sets cost more because the coin dealers got caught with their pants down that year - they didn't buy them.
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