Heat sealing them is a waste of time as it no more effective than the zip seal the bags are made with. The reason I say that is quite simple, it's...
Here's the problem I've always had with the Beilstein test. What happens to copper when it corrodes ? It gets verdigris on it and verdigris is...
Yeah it's possible yours, and maybe some of the OP's are punch-outs of some kind. But its also equally possible they are blanks for coins....
I know you're trying to be helpful but they aren't ancient coins guys. One of them even has a date on it - 1672, and another looks like it might...
Electric junction box punch-outs are always painted - none of those pictured are. So that kind of rules that out. By definition they are not...
The spec weight for a '79 dime is 2.268 gm, and it has a tolerance range of +/- 0.091 gm meaning coins between 2.359 gm and 2.177 gm are within...
They probably were faster. There's several possible reasons for turnaround times to change, and it's quite normal for them to change. One the...
There's never any way that anybody could ever know, stress know, that is what happened. Sure, one could speculate that's what happened, but at...
I see no signs of harsh/improper cleaning on the obv, but I do on the rev. The obv however has been damaged with gouges and scratches. That makes...
Yeah, interior dimensions are the same. BUT - exterior dimensions are very, very different ! Air-Tite capsules are much, much larger than...
Yes it does, but only a very limited number of things. Sorry but you're wrong for this is physically impossible. You could leave a freshly...
Oh I absolutely agree that it serves as a barrier to the air. Which is exactly why lacquers and varnishes were used for decades. But, coating a...
I did watch it - and before I posted my last comments. And yeah, the coin clearly shows luster, but almost all AU coins show luster. And the...
Personally, I find videos worse than worthless when trying to estimate the grade of a coin. And besides, I provided my estimate of grade on page 1...
What ? You want me to tell ya what others have have already told ya ? OK, but understand I don't guess what the TPG graded it, I give what I would...
From almost 20 years ago - http://www.winsociety.org/newsletter/ducats/ducats.html
Why put something on a coin that you know you're going to have to take off ? Especially when putting that substance on the coin makes the coin a...
Precisely ! It's not crud at all, it's toning. As for the question - is it possible to remove it ? Of course it's possible, but as Insider all...
I readily admit I did say that. But that's definitely not the same thing as saying I would not try to grade coins based on pictures ! The reason I...
An interesting read and one I haven't read before. For me at least that's understandable because of it's subject matter - the lack of...
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