Below is an 1878s dollar up for sale. The ad says 1878s Morgan dollars are harder to find toned on both sides of the coin. The seller wants...
There is an application called CoinSnap that when it is installed onto your computer is supposed to identify the coin and tell you how valuable it...
I bought a 1921D dollar in MS66 because I recognized it as being a VAM 1K2. I had the coin checked out by a rare coin dealer who agrees that the...
Maybe "patina" was the wrong word to use. What I think I meant to say is the acetone will remove the film from the coin and change its...
The date itself in the condition it is in is common. What is not common is the die break on the back of the coin which is located next to one of...
Palmolive? Are you talking about dishwashing liquid soap? That would harm the coin.
I know the acetone won't directly harm the coin. The problem is the coin already has a patina on it that it has probably developed over years or...
I have a coin that I think has tar on the front. I tried using acetone directly where the substance is on the coin but the substance would not...
Update: Coin has been found! It was never sent out to be graded but it got buried by a bunch of other things in the store. Now all I have to do...
Update: I still haven't received back my coin but the dealer gave me a full refund for what I think is the full value of the coin which is $125....
I bought this coin because I thought the lamination increased the coin's value but when I had it checked out by a coin expert he didn't think the...
I have had several other coins sent out to be graded though this dealer and they usually took about seven months. I think he has been so busy he...
I talked with the coin dealer and it turns out he has been so busy he got the coins mixed up. One of the coins was broken out a PCGS holder...
Around March or April of last year a coin dealer whom I know sent two of my coins out to PCGS to be certified. I have asked the coin dealer...
I was just on the web site for Varslab and there is an expiration date of 12/31/20 on the submission form. Can the online form still be used?
How much would it cost to send a coin to Varslab that has already been graded by a grading service and is in its own holder? Would I have to use...
I know Messydesk is Varslab. So I guess the die clash coming from the neck isn't an indicator of whether the coin is a VAM 19A or 19B. I would...
Does the VAM 19A have the visible clash in front of the neck? The seller is telling me Varslab would confirm the coin as VAM 19B because there is...
Since verifying the coin as a VAM19B can be rather iffy are there that many that come back from Varslab certified as a VAM 19B?
Both the VAM 19A and 19B have the broken R. "Like the VAM 19A, the 'r' in 'trust' has been polished down so the arm is almost completely gone."...
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