Sorry, but it isn't. Ripley's coin is a 1 escudo from the Madrid mint. See pics below. The red arrow points to the crowned M mint mark. The...
The problem is that those selling these things, and I use the word "things" in a most derogatory manner, use deceptive and misleading tactics to...
smoke - the vast majority of coins that have ever been dipped are Unc coins. And there's nothing worng with dipping a coin when it is done...
Yeah and there are tens of thousands of them that were put in body-bags in years past. Perhaps you should read up on what consitutes damage.
You're helping me make my point. In the Red Book, all of the half dismes are grouped together - all part of the same set. And that set is made up...
Mike all you are doing is what most people do - they have in mind their own definition of what a word means. And no matter how much they discuss...
It doesn't make it worth more at all. Anybody who knows coins will pay you the same amount for a coin if it is raw or slabbed. The only thing...
Never, ever, scratch a coin with anything ! There are plenty of other ways to identify what a coin is made of without doing damage to the coin....
Should be pretty obvious what brought it about. The grading standards used by the new ANACS and ICG are terrible. All of the others always were...
The coin is damaged, period. In years past it would have been a no grade any day of the week.
Well standard definitions don't always apply to coins. My point is this, there are other half dismes, so any half disme is part of the set of half...
I would disagre Mike, they part of a set. To me a set is merely defined as a type of coin, such as a half disme, that was produced by the mint for...
It's not something that I can easily explain other than to say it takes experience. A coin that has been truly over-dipped almost anyone can...
My grade, 58. TPG grade, 63.
It should not have been graded at all - the coin is damaged.
OK, but your previous message implied that you did. And I said if you dipped it for longer than 1 or 2 seconds it would be harmful. Even 3...
The thing you apparently missed is that he said he dipped them for 15 seconds. That is not quite the same a "quick dip". edit - and he did say...
The designation says clear and with no breaks. A nick across the lines is a break. It works just like the FS designation does with nickels. A hit...
People are always trying to disguise the actual price by changing the wording of their ads. Some sell by the pound, some by the bag, some by a...
Inclined to agree. Some probably acquired it in the original Mint Sets, others in envelopes.
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