Honestly, you should be able to see the '79s without any magnification.
They always would cause problems if you touched the face of the coin with them, it's nothing new. To be honest with you, I wish nobody had ever...
That's not really true. And no I'm not picking on the OP, just stating facts. Anything you do to a coin is doctoring the coin. Removing PVC...
That's the best way I ever found. And don't try to push the coin into ring while wearing gloves, you can hairline the coin doing that.
Welllllllllll, for some maybe ;)
Maybe so, but then Doug's known to be like Yosemite Sam at times :D
It had nothing to do with the graders, never does. Things like that are simple labeling mistakes made by staff who print the labels & assemble the...
That's quite a haul Paddy :thumb: And I certainly can't blame you for wanting to show them off. As for the milled coins, even the French, who...
There used to be quite a few dealers and collectors, who when they ran across a counterfeit or altered coin, would mark the coin with an X to let...
When I collected US coins I had all of the original Mint Sets going back to '49 and the Proofs back to '50. The Mint Sets are fairly easy to...
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It's a little different than putting zinc plates on the steel rudders and/or steel hulls of ships. That occurs because of the salt water. But...
What you have to watch out for is when they do this. So don't feel too bad :D [ATTACH]
I stand corrected.
What you are apparently unaware of is that when copper and aluminum are in contact with one another when moisture is present is that an inevitable...
Interesting. I'm just repeating what the inventor and manufacturer of the stuff has said here on the forum many times. That being that the product...
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The term conditional rarity never really came to be used much until people started describing high grade modern coins as being "rare". And that...
I'd have to say what you are calling the matte or satin finish would be my choice since that was the way they were supposed to look. What you are...
Does it matter ? I'd say no. Why did they do it ? Originally it was just the way the coin was designed. I think they changed it in '68 more as a...
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