No. Easy, just looking at one of the SMS coins tells you what it is because the SMS coins have a special matte finish. There are entirely...
All ASEs are burnished. Always have been.
1 - I'm not so sure that the second coin has natural toning, looks like it had help to me. 2 - even if it is natural I think it is ugly as sin...
No, I'm reasonably certain they recognized the coins for what what they are - average AU and problem coins. That's the reason for the low price.
You couldn't give me the second coin for free.
Did you not read Conder's previous comment ? That's a true story, I remember it well.
Based on your question I don't think you understand what burnished means. Burnished is just another word for polished. It's just that simple....
Nobody keeps anything secret Luke. The reason nobody talks about other methods is because there are no other safe methods !
MS = Mint State SMS = Special Mint Set SP = Specimen
First of all only some of the albums made by those companies are made with inert materials. Yours may well not be. Secondly, the air, the...
Honestly ? Sell the ones you have and go buy new ones toned the way you want.
No, it doesn't. But that's because you don't know what the exact figure is at any given moment when you are using the computer. That is because of...
There aren't any. You can find specialized books on pretty much all of the various coin types but they all deal with coins that were minted over...
Luke there's something you need to understand that you are apparently unaware of. That being that Proofs have always had that frosted look. It's...
I am amazed it took anywhere near that long !
You wouldn't be this time.
Not really, it's because people believe what they want to believe. They always have, they always will. The folks with the web sites - they are...
Only if you want the coins for part of your collection. To me the bottom line is this - if you cannot tell with reasonable certainty the...
IMO no such area exist Doug, and hasn't for many years. People refuse to listen when they are told that coins make lousy investments. The only...
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