Well, the green spots are there, no getting around that. But as long as you store the coin properly they shouldn't get any worse. Verdigris...
That's known as medal strike. That's known as coin strike. All US coins are coin strike.
trey as I've said a thousand times before, it's so simple it's pathetic. And it has nothing to do with plastic. Only buy from trusted and...
That depends on what you use on the coin. But more than that, the only coins ever run through the sniffer are those that are submitted under the...
trey - You are like a lot of people. The thing driving you is the urge to gamble, it happens all the time. But just like with any gambling, few...
John - While I understand what you are saying it also important for you to understand that quality of strike has nothing to do with whether or...
First of all you need to understand something. Unlike most people I differentiate between the two terms - cleaned, and harshly cleaned. Cleaned...
trey I would be very careful about buying this coin. The '59 in VF30 is a $1,000 coin, problem free of course. The price indicates the scarcity....
bg - If it were me, I would not send it in for grading either. The coin appears to be XF or low AU at best to my eyes. It has at some time been...
Rarely can you ever actually do that. Think about it, if you buy a coin for $10, then what makes you think you could possibly sell it for more...
Yes that is true. But, it is true of business strikes, not Proofs. And in this case it is Proofs that we are talking about.
Slider I think your coin is a bit different. Your pictures have a reflection that is in effect doubling just about everything on the coin. This...
Not bad at all, but I'd like to wait and see if any others care to comment before I continue. There is much to discuss regarding this, and more...
Read this thread and you'll see how and why they come about - http://www.cointalk.com/t226787/#post1696333
I'm kind of surprised that nobody has commented or tried to identify the different kinds of marks found on that die. Given the topic of this...
I wouldn't say that they all have them, but quite a few do. They are caused by tiny, little pits in the die. And those are caused by die...
I don't think there is a single cause, I think it's a combination of several things. And just like it is with any toning, the resulting look can...
Quite some time ago LostDutchman posted a series of pictures that he took of some dies he acquired. Those pictures were extremely important &...
The line through the R, as well as the other smaller lines, are die scratches. What you refer to as chatter, in this pic and the others, are...
A couple questions. Do you or will you need it for just US coins, or for world coins as well ? You say you want software, that means to me that...
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