Think for a minute Sam, if that were true then all of the coins would be covered with hairlines and contact marks. But since they are not...
Yeah maybe, but it would be the first time I've ever heard of such a mistake. 'Course they say there is a first time for everything. I still...
Can you show us picture ? I ask because even in their old problem designation codes PCGS does not use 89 for anything. And the only thing that it...
I looked through all of them and your coin does not match anything listed. Your coin is similar to what a combination obv BG 420 and rev BG 408...
Not my image at all, that's the original image that the OP posted. All I did was show it full size and crop it.
desertgem explained it quite well. But let me add something else here. When that reply was made on the other forum that the coin looked dipped,...
Not when you look at it full size. When you do, you can see where something was gouged into the metal starting on the left hand side and it left...
I don't think so. If it were a strike through the edges around the depression would not be so sharp and they would not appear to be lifting up and...
Sure, the PCGS coin sniffer can only do what I described in post #11. And none of the other processes used in the Secure Service can detect proper...
You cling to the older ways ? You sure ? I ask because cleaning coins is about as old it gets. For centuries collectors all over the world cleaned...
Doctored and restored are completely different things. And there are many different types of doctoring, and many different types of restoration....
Yes the '71 cent has mechanical doubling. As for the '47, 2 possibilities IMO. 1 - it is deliberate damage done by a person long after the coin...
As I mentioned above, there is a very big difference between airtight and watertight. It is much, much easier to make something watertight than it...
Based on your comments I don't think you understand exactly what the "sniff test" does, and does not do. 'Course, it seems a whole lot of other...
Rich - If I understand correctly it sounds like you are saying that you think that if the sealing process were changed that the acrylic slabs...
Question for you, where have you ever seen this advertisement that slabs are airtight being made ? And by whom ? I ask because I'll readily...
Small disagreement, the coins aren't, but their planchets are.
Pretty Frankie and Peace you got there !
I have personally taken NGC slabs, PCGS slabs, Air-Tites, and several other hard plastic coin holders, put them underwater overnight, and in the...
Maybe $35.
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