0.93 grams - read here http://www.cointalk.com/t105179-2/ No, it doesn't.
The surface of the coin itself is your best diagnostic, toned/haze or not. The brilliant will look like modern Proofs, the satin will not.
This is only true sometimes. For example, just about every bag toned Morgan you'll see has all the same colors and the same basic pattern of...
Acetone does not clean everything from coins, just some things, particularly oils. What you use to clean a coin depends on that particular coin,...
Very seriously doubt it. The surface looks quite grainy in the pics and there are more than enough hits to keep that coin from grading any higher.
That's because they were burnished.
Yeah they did Conder. Out of the 10 that were known I think only 4 are still in private hands. It was all reported in Coin World several years ago.
The only Sacky mules that were confiscated were those taken from the Mint illegally by the mint employees selling them. Those that were found...
Yes 100% acetone.
If you mean longer history, yes. Because they have a longer history. People are always resistant to change. But as changes come a few...
Well not really, that's more about coin cleaning than dipping from what I read. And even though you will find several references saying to use...
A commercial coin dip. Just google it, there are many. You'll want to be careful though, and parctice on some pocket change first. Dips are acid...
They say that they will. Best to not let them find out.
To each his own. It was having the coin in the original holder that mattered to me. I had no interest at all in any of the others.
Don't forget that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And just about any collector who looks at a G4 coin is going to expect to see that coin a...
It never used to bother US collectors either, but that was 50-60 years ago. My prediction is that in time Europe will change as well. And...
That is but 1 method, there are many more.
Usually it's because they want sell the coin as being something it isn't, and for more money that it could sold for otherwise. Dates & mint marks...
VAMS never held any interest for me when I collected US. I just ignored them. To others of course they are of great interest. Such is life. But...
You can read more about the aluminum cents, yes plural, here - Great Rarities There is at least 1 confirmed, graded and slabbed example in...
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