It's a decent example, looks to be correctly graded, and price was about right. I've had the same thing that happened to you - happen to me....
Far from it. That video was probably the least informative of all the sources about "sniffers". Over the years there have been many articles...
Their most common use is to detect small traces of putty that is used on coins to fill in scratches, contact marks, dings, gouges, etc etc in...
Hmmm - wonder why they made it private access only after all these years ? Did you by any chance search for their text articles about it Thad ?...
They all just look like plain old toning to me.
You're not missing anything. But your sentence - "I was getting really confused as I read some of the other definitions in this thread" - does a...
Problem is, while that may happen sometimes, the vast majority of the time it most definitely does not happen at all. When I see terminology like...
Food quality plastic bags like those and Ziplocks are fine, in and of themselves they contain no chemicals that will harm the coins. That said,...
It's pretty much a certainty that they have an effect since to the best of my knowledge the paper and ink is not archival, not inert in other...
Pretty much everything you're describing isn't uncommon. A rinse in this a rinse in that, changing locations, changing storage methods - all of it...
I agree with part of what you're saying, but I disagree with other parts. For example, if someone places a liquid or powders on a coin to force it...
OK, fair enough. But what you apparently don't understand though, or misunderstand, is that there is nothing you can do to neutralize or stop that...
You choose to use the word elevation while I simply say that toning progresses (increases) as time passes, and yes, thus changes to a different...
I'm not really sure I understand what you mean by that question. If I understand the first part of your post correctly, you're saying that you...
Quite true. And one must also keep in mind that there people out there, more than a few of them, who are paid big money by large dealers and...
We have to keep in mind that the same thing happens to naturally toned coins. Natural toning is a progressive process, it doesn't just start,...
What the heck ? It's fairly simple, and to be expected in most cases - because the two companies do not use the same grading standards. Each and...
True - with the key word being some. True again, but again only in some cases. If a coin is artificially toned by applying a liquid, powders,...
And that's as true as it gets. I have tried to explain for decades that the only difference between NT and AT is intent, but there are always...
I'm not really qualified to say yeah they are or no they're not. I agree the pics seem to be clear but at he same time I also know just how much...
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