Now ya see ? A perfect example of reactions from those who don't really know me - much like my family's. But that is because my family doesn't...
Ahhhh - cynics of the world unite ! Could have written that myself Mike :D Seriously though, there is little in this world that you could not say...
And if you crack it and send it in again it is just as likely to be graded and slabbed as put in another Genuine slab. This is one of the...
And I forgot to add APEs in my comments. Doesn't matter, bullion is bullion.
Proofs yes, as for business strikes, only 1 has ever been found. But there were over 35,000 high relief business strikes minted. They were...
wheaty - when it comes to AGEs and ASEs most dealers don't care if they are slabbed 70, 69 or 35. To them it is still just a chunk of bullion just...
That's one way of putting it Thad. But I think when push comes to shove what they are really worried about is people claiming that they are...
If you post something like that about a coin slabbed by PCGS, on the PCGS forum, those kind of posts have a habit of disappearing. Didn't always...
All cardboard 2x2s have the same problem - cardboard dust. It cannot be avoided. As for the glue type, I'd be worried about the glue causing...
Quite easily actually. And they can leave marks if they do so. It's more apt to happen with the larger, heavier coins. Good advice.
There are many different ways to create artificial toning on a coin. That is just 1 of many.
I am reasonably certain they are both cast fakes.
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I have no doubt at all that the coin was dipped. But there are millions of dipped coins in TPG slabs. And many of them with less luster than that...
All the more reason not to own one of the things. Now let me ask another question. So this GPS data is embedded into the pic. But what happens to...
It's a modern day re-strike (Proof) of the 1780 Maria Theresea thaler. That is the reverse, the obverse was pretty ordinary with little toning....
Easy, here is a toned coin that has tons of luster. [ATTACH] Well, when you look at a coin you can only see the luster in those particular...
You leave fingerprints on anything/everything you touch Amanda. Say you grab your arm, you just left fingerprints on your arm.
No it is not.
Chachie - First of all, you are talking about things of which I know nothing. That's partly because I wouldn't even own a "smart phone". But let...
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