What you pay for when you buy one of these coins is not for the coin itself, but rather as a memento of the event. Take the coin out of the slab...
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Leave your coins in them , and you will. Toning is progressive, so unless you stop it by changing the storage method, eventually it will turn black.
The reason they quit using mint marks for those 3 years was because there was a coin shortage at the time and they (the govt) blamed coin...
Depends which TPG it is, 1 uses FT other uses FB.
Your question illustrates the need to always ask for a receipt when you buy a coin.
PCGS does it too - http://www.pcgs.com/restoration/ But there is really no need to use a service to get PVC contamination off of coins as it can...
Dang, and I thought I had you guys fooled :D It was good to finally meet you too, hopefully next time we can spend a bit more time ;)
You wring your hands and cry woe is me, how could I have been so foolish as to not ask for a receipt when I bought that coin ! On a serious note,...
LOL !! Gonna getcha for that !! :D
What he said ;)
FT for Full Torch is also used.
Just like that ;)
You don't get it.
The only reason I commented about the other bands are because there are 3 bands on each coin. And to call a coin FB if only 1 set of bands are...
All it takes is for any one of the three to be broken and the coin is not FB.
Yes, and usually pretty easily.
Not if the next person is not knowledgeable about coins. Knowledge is the prerequisite. Otherwise how could you possibly know what the coin is...
Perhaps so, but there are documented examples of used Proof dies having been used to mint business strikes. And no I'm not talking about SMS coins.
The very subject of this thread is a perfect example of why what I say is correct. And just like C-B-D said - You, and anybody else, can...
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