It says "sometimes" because not all of those coins are called Specimens, the term is reserved for only those coins, from that period, with the...
Given the look, that would be my guess as well.
That would be my guess. @Bert Gedin if you'll tell me where you want that I'll move it for you.
The benefit is removing whatever the sticky substance is. Ya see, nobody knows what that sticky substance is, but it is possible it is PVC residue...
Unh huh, and they do so primarily because of colloquialisms, old words being used incorrectly or in place of proper words in common speech so they...
It should be noted the primary reasons that inventions and technology spread around the rest of the world after being invented in one place were...
If you can prove something is wrong - fine, do so. But to simply rewrite long established definitions because you want to ............
And therein lies the problem doesn't it ? What I'm talking about is the "thinking" that definitions established long before any of us were even...
There is no doubt, none at all, that the smelting of metals began many thousands of years ago. But, the native Americans never developed it, just...
Perhaps not in your mind John. But that description is from the words of Q. David Bowers and backed by the ANA as they are found in the very first...
Now if you had said that to begin with I would have recommended acetone as well. I explain my recommendation for how to use it here -...
Tyler, first of all don't believe the advertising you find with products, nor what it says on their packaging, nor what is often said about them...
Chris, I strongly recommend you read a book - The Ascent Of Man by J. Bronowski.
For many, many decades the term Specimen was only used or applied to coins which were minted before 1817 that had Proof-Like surfaces and many...
Nor can I understand why you or anyone else encourages people to risk damaging their coins by following your suggestions. It's called...
There are a great many inventions, methods, etc that occurred in the rest of the world that never occurred in the New World until the Europeans...
Its primary use is for modern clad coins - won't hurt them a bit - particularly Proofs but it works well on business strikes too. And yes it works...
Well, as I've discussed many times I wouldn't use acetone on copper, but we'll not rehash that debate. You can use xylene which will do the same...
Those are the traditional definitions. This problem arises for a couple of different reasons. One is common misuse of the terms in everyday...
I read about it when the story was first published and was once again disappointed, but not surprised, with PCGS and their use of the SP...
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