Considering how reactive zinc is when exposed to air, particularly moist air, if you want to keep it do the "slabbing" thing.
Thanks for all of the additional input.
When I took Grading 1 and 2 at the ANA Summer Seminars I found I had strong tendencies to do technical grading, not market grading. That causes me...
No question in my mind that this is the sort of coin that gets a bump because of rarity. And of course then there's Market Grading (or is that the...
I'm seriously considering buying this coin. I need your opinions about its grade. This much I will tell you: -- it's in a PCGS slab -- it's NOT...
For that coin if it's not slabbed then I won't even consider it.
Red Book shows 2009 P&D nickels had only 5-10% of the quantities struck as compared to the other dates in that time period. I wonder if they are...
Ignoring proofs it appears the 1950-D and 1939-D are #1 and #2 for the lowest number struck. And considering the glee when someone finds one of...
The Cincinnati commem can be a bit tough to find especially in the lower MS grades. This is NGC MS-64+. Plenty good enough for me. [IMG] [IMG]
I don't know how they arrive at their selling prices but when I offer items to them they whip out their Smart Phones and surf up some site (don't...
Use a black/dark gray non-reflective background. The light coming back from the light background is overpowering the light coming back from the...
I have about 6 coins I need to complete my type set. Not surprisingly they are all pricey ones. THAT'S what I'd be after. Then if there were any...
Image is nowhere good enough for me to make a judgment.
Yes. [IMG] [IMG]
Look at the Red Book to get an idea of what you're getting into. Then look at your wallet and decide what's possible. That generally makes the...
Use a second light source to light the shadow area.
MFD picked up the last IHC I needed to complete my set at the Central States show. Oddly enough it wasn't a key that I needed; not even close....
Heck, coins will tone in slabs too. I don't know of any reasonable holder that will protect coins 100%.
Rhetorical question: What happened to 1941 and 1942? Did I just find out that I really don't exist? ;-) (I was born in 1941 and my father was a...
I'll stick with the grade of Good (4 or 6). As I understand it since double grades (obverse/reverse) are not done anymore the obverse rules the...
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