Wow, I *love* the color on the first one.
You might think they are more appealing, but the vast majority of collectors now see a stripped, ugly, raw pink copper coin. This is incredibly...
If you hand me a coin, I have absolutely no idea what the history of that coin is. All I know is what I see on the coin. If I see visible traces...
Let's go back to something more people are familiar with. How good is CoinTalk compared to the TPGs? Let's find out! Over the next several...
Oh, are you the one leading that talk? I saw it on the schedule, and was definitely planning to attend!
I think this thread took a wrong turn a few pages ago. How about we all sleep on it and start again tomorrow? And... maybe not clean any more...
Haha! The best response to a Troll is to Ignore them! Ignore me! I don't care! I'm literally on the verge of ignoring you, but I haven't...
Your poll asks "Do you like shiny new coins?" You post then posits "Tarnished?" or "Cleaned?" These are two *very* different questions, with...
I'm not saying you are violating any rules. You are free to be unruly and tiresome. I'm just saying that people who are unruly and tiresome tend...
That's not really how this thread was presented. However, in the spirit of the question... overwhelmingly, I prefer original, patina'd, toned...
If anyone knows a variety for anything, it would be @messydesk
John, cleaning may sometimes be appropriate. I'll admit that. The coin in this thread is not one of those cases. And honestly, any subtlety is...
You are getting tiring.... I've been posting in this thread since the beginning. Honestly, if you keep this behavior up, you are well on...
Sure, every post that doesn't violate the rules is valid. And you're free to post anything, even if it's been discussed a thousand times before....
The difference has been determined by a hundred years of numismatic practice. There are commonly accepted definitions of each term. I'm not going...
Google and I have no idea what that means....
Cleaning and conservation are two very, very different things. The difference between them has been discussed at length many times before. They...
I'm currently at 4 glasses of bourbon. I'll bet @green18 probably has me beat. But I use a spell checker. What's your excuse?
In addition to pictures, punctuation and grammar are highly valued in arcane circles of deep web knowledge.
Before the cleaning... maybe 65 After the cleaning... 64 And it is obvious you (or someone else) cleaned it. Don't try to play coy with us. The...
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