spock at various points in my carrer I have done a LOT of painting. And as often happens, painters get a LOT of paint on their bodies after 12 to...
Pretty much nothing, I have literally taken a bath in the stuff before on numerous occasions and suffered no ill effects other than dried out skin.
Copper is the most reactive of all our coinage metals. About the only way to stop it from changing color is to stop the air from getting to it,...
The coin does have a strange look to it but would need better pics to offer an opinion. PVC would do virtually nothing to gold, and die alignment...
Tickled ya got it :thumb: Great strike on that one :eat: Well Eduard, let's just say the he picked the name a bit before his intense...
Hardly abandoned, more like neglected. Kinda tough to access the internet driving down the interstate ya know :secret: What's the matter spock...
Another nice addition to your collection :eat:
Date ? What date ? :kewl: Besides spock, I ran away 2 days in advance ;)
NOT by everyone ;)
Enough ! Thread is closed. And if this continues elsewhere - action will be taken in short order.
Hmmmmm - hadn't thought about that. Maybe I'll only tell 6 of 'em :D
Actually I do, never liked that kind of toning either. But that is my personal taste. That said, I am still not in favor of dipping the coins....
In the old days Ruben there were a lot of things done, by many notable names, that were considered part & parcel at the time.
I do beleive some of them did according to your other posts. A Genuine slab is what PCGS used to replace the body-bag.
The why is easy Mike - I do it because nobody else on the planet does ;)
Fair enough, I should have said dipping instead of cleaning. Point is that it produces much the same effect in that the coins no longer look...
That's probably because they are in high demand right now and all sold at the moment. But just let a dealer know what you want and he'll get it...
I would imagine they are not doing that for a specific reason. One of the problems with Genuine slabs is that the uneducated do not realize that...
Shouldn't seem strange if you think about it. What's the one thing a great many collectors want and ask how to achieve ? - how do I make my coins...
To a large degree it is a matter of taste. But beyond that, it is also a decison each collector makes for himself as to whether or not he wants...
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