I believe Doug was commenting about the natural toning progression of color as the surface refraction layers increase from sulfides in the...
The comments I posted in the other thread of spock, concerned .9999 level of gold, not much less than .99oo, certainly not .900 . Once you get a...
I think it will be much harder to convince people in the future that the financial end is here and PM is the salvation than in 2007-2008. I lost...
This has come up several times, and most are looking at this from the "classical chemistry" mode rather than from the Quantum chemistry mode which...
I agree with Doug on the sniffer, and I would not bid on it, as its appearance ( if true in graphic) kicks my brain as wrong for the coin. I...
No, it is neither of the 1942/41 Double Die Obverse ( Type III) dimes. They are not actually an Overdate, but a DDO, and the older false...
Thank you Mike. But I am fairly sure it isn't over yet :(
Welcome to the forum. It is easily recognized as a damaged coin because no part of the minting process could have produced the effects you see....
Well I guess there goes my 'like' score. To set the record straight , post #1 was not self promotion so it stood. The 2nd post was by the person...
Why don't you read the whole thread. I did remove it nicely and said I was sorry to do it, Then NOS wrote the post I was referring to in the quote...
Back in the days when a 'lick' of saliva ' wasn't considered bad for a coin :) Never saw it printed in advertisement, and I forgot where I heard...
I would try water at first as some glues are waterbased and pure acetone won't do it. If that doesn't work I usually try 91 % isopropyl as a...
I removed it. It was called for, perhaps a person should read the rules and policies of any forum before posting on it. As to your appreciation...
Perhaps I would think better in hand, but it does appear to be MD to me.
It does appear that it might be. However, you cut off the tip of the bust in the photo. The 'L' version has a pointed tip rather than the normal...
Unless they used a different textured die finish on their proofs, I would expect it is a business strike.
A minority scientific article has said that copper in acetone in the presence of strong light and humidity can react producing corrosion. I tried...
And if you have read previous secret santa threads, you will notice that sometimes the Grinch steps in and hurt feelings can occur. Remember that...
Frank is on the mark in his postings. I have a Spadone book, and it is humorous reading if one really does understand errors and varieties by...
I can see VF-20 in the slabbed coin, but I can not see the 'complete separation' in the OP of the obverse. So F-15
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