Ya I was leaning toward cleaned, I guess if it's way too shiny then its been way too cleaned, did have some wishful thinking going on though, and...
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I found this 1888 5 pesetas in my coin pile and it looks pretty cleaned. What do you guys think cleaned or not so cleaned? And what its worth?
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I don't know I think this debate can go either way. The seller is going to say you should of taken them out, while the buyer is going to say why...
Understood about the weight that was the first thing I thought to check for. My scale doesn't weigh down to 3 decimal points so I think the 28.4...
Yeah I wasn't sure if I should be angry at the seller or not but a warning would've been nice. The seller I bought from has over 20k in sales and...
50-60 American, Canadian or British pounds? lol I'm just kidding. What a record screech.
Don't look at me I didn't brillo pad it, lol.
OK just tried a fridge magnet on it and it didn't stick. Also tried the magnet on other known real silver coins and those didn't stick either so...
So I've been digging into my secret stash of coins and came across this Victoria crown. At first I was like ok this one is good but after looking...
Soak as in drop the coin in acetone come back a few days later and the pvc is all gone?
Roger, thanks Bryant for being so helpful, hopefully I can save my coins. And I've never put Neosporin on any of my cuts before so I don't know...
Thanks for those pics. If that's what an vf20 looks like than mine almost certainly isn't. Mine probably would of been an f12 or f15 if I go by...
hmm I kinda thought the pvc damage would probably lower the grade. Any opinions what it might grade as after? or is it too early to tell until...
sorry Bryant were you referring to the newfoundland coin or the first one?
Thanks for the responses guys I guess an acetone dip is the only way to know for sure. And since I have more questions about this pvc stuff I...
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