My opinion is that both coins are problem coins despite the toning. They both appear to have altered surfaces, been cleaned, or both. The...
The broken nose is common on some series such as the 3 cent nickel and the Mercury dime. It is caused by excessive die polishing that leads to an...
I agree!
Nice coin, I agree with MS64. Good for an album collection.
That conclusion is inconsistent with both the principles of chemistry and diffusion. To my knowledge their is no difference between the oxidation...
Martin, I don't doubt that you believe what you are saying, but it simply isn't true despite your non-scientific experiments. Many AT coins will...
In the post above you will note that I stated that market acceptable colors and patterns can vary from date to date within a given series. This...
I find it odd that they would bag this nickel for AT unless they are tightening up the market acceptable scale the way PCGS is currently. Nothing...
Doug, The elements of market grading are surface preservation, luster, strike, and eye appeal. Nowhere is it listed about die alignment,...
Your looking at it! LOL. I would love to collect both rare coins and rare books but I don't have the money for both and rare books are even...
Probably for the same reason that David Hall just deemed every rainbow toned Peace Dollar AT....
Word of warning, die hard Saint collectors consider these coins absolutely AT and are very vocal about it. I personally don't care since I paid a...
Oh. The people featured in the book are all politicians, military officials, poets, writers, and other famous people.
Who?:confused:
I just picked up a great book from the recent Heritage rare book sale. I bought it for the engravings, but the reading seems interesting as well....
It is never a bad idea to practice something that might be useful in the future. My current profession is not the most stable.
Not that I ever need a reason to post this coin, but here is a wonderful toned Saint Guadens. I have posted the Anaconda coin for comparison....
That may be true, but Bowers does not control the grading standards at NGC. They are very consistent in the fact that they routinely ignore...
Many an artificially toned coin have been created in an oven. Some inside a baked potato. The first photo I posted was taken with a point and...
Is he the person who posted in that thread?
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