Your full size image is even bigger than a 10x loupe would show it. Yes, your coin has some hairlines on it, but not the kind of hairlines that a...
Hmmmm - if that's what it is that function has been active for quite a while now, seems like a 4 to 6 weeks at least. Maybe longer.
Hmmmm - always thought it was when gang bangers and/or vandals run around with cans of spray paint painting everything in sight. But yeah,...
You're not the only one green.
Doesn't matter what you use really, soft and thick is the key. If you place your coin down on it you want to be able to pick it back up by he...
With this new software the edit function was set at 60 minutes. That means that nobody, except the mods, should be able to edit anything 61...
And I agree. But the important thing to take away from this, and I think a lot of folks have missed it because they are only reading the articles...
Well kinda, I think it's more of a trust, a confidence issue than anything else. This sort of thing goes back centuries, and not just with the US....
What specifically is it that makes you think that coin has been harshly cleaned ? I ask because in looking at it even in the full size blown up...
I'll grant you they are pretty liberal when it comes to grading these and for the most part they are all grossly over-graded. But I just looked...
When I read your first post you had me thinking about something entirely different than what you explained in your next post. But to answer your...
Honestly, looks more like a VF30 to me.
I was using the same book you were Bill. As for a need to update, yeah we both need to do so. The 7th edition of the ANA standards was released a...
I made the edit. You are running 1 contest, with 10 or 12 different parts and 1 prize - not 10 or 12 different contests each with a prize. By...
If it has been polished as you think, or harshly cleaned, then it is a problem coin and as such would have a greatly reduced value from that of...
Afraid I shall have to disagree with you disagreeing, here's why. Yes, it does say that in the forward of the book, but if you look at the...
Uhhhh guys - you might want to look at the links posted in the very first paragraph, the first two sentences even, as those links specifically...
There have been a great many discussions and even more questions asked about how one should go about putting together an outstanding collection....
No, it doesn't mean that at all. You can take any toned coin out of your pocket change, lay it down on a table or counter top, rub the coin back...
If you use anything remotely like that you have damaged the coin forever. What Larry is referring to in post #2 is that a lot of people call any...
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