Personally I would not, but that's because I have built enough banks to know that they tend to keep them pretty humid and humidity is the enemy of...
What your arrows point to aint die erosion in my book. I'd have to go with 1 of 2 things which have been mentioned. 1 - toning 2 - wear
Sholom - look, the Grey Sheet is accurate to a point. But you are asking entirely different questions each time and wondering how one thing can be...
I'd have to say XF, sure is purty though ! As for Gary West, suggest you only buy slabbed examples. And if you'd like the info on how to...
My opinion hasn't changed.
Gotta go with AU. Too much luster missing.
Louie the term clean in the context I used it means mark free. My only question is not if the coin has been dipped or not, I have little doubt it...
You need to understand BNB - a coin being dipped is not equated with a coin being cleaned. Dipping coins is pretty much universally accepted in...
I've known some that got pretty badly burned because of it. And there was the rumor of that one guy who got shot because of it :D
No. A general rule of thumb is they will offer 10-20% less than Grey Sheet bid. But keep in mind, on more common stuff that is low in value,...
It is. I took those pics in a hurry and never went back to re-do them.
Yeah they will sell for more than business strikes. But what I am talking about is whether or not the IRS will accept the assigned value for tax...
Fair enough :high5:
Sure you can Thad, if you know how ;) Oh, and it helps if you have a good scanner.
It means that hydrogen sulphide is present in the air.
Ya know, usually I see things on coins that nobody, or almost nobody, else sees. But on this one I must be going blind because I don't see it....
Yes, it does. Circulated coins tone much, much slower than MS coins. And it has to do with where you live, the prevailing winds, how you heat...
You still think somebody would buy them if they each cost 10 times what using CAC costs ? What if it were a hundred times that ? That's the...
Dr. Bob - I wish you would add stuff for those who can take what you write the wrong way. Stuff like that using an ultrasonic cleaner can harm...
You can find several by using the Search feature. It'll require some reading though as it has been discussed at length many times. One way to...
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