Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;btr, post: 21423, member: 1584&quot;]Hello all!&nbsp; I have been reading the posts for awhile, and decided to finally join the group recently.&nbsp; I have been collecting for many years, but only recently decided to get more involved and learn more about the hobby.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Over a period of years in the mid to late 1990s, I purchased some Russian roubles from dealers at the Chicago Int&#039;l coin show, and finally decided to have a group of them certified due to recent fears of counterfeiting.&nbsp; I was very pleased with the majority of the coins slabbed by ANACS, but was caught off guard by two that came back TOOLED/CLEANED.&nbsp; One also had RIMS FILED on the holder.&nbsp; I consider myself to be a decent judge of coin grades, but I apparently missed the tooling completely on these coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My questions to the board - </p><p>1). What are the most common tooling signs to look for?&nbsp; I have the slabs in my hand with a 5x magnifier and I still am not picking up any obvious changes to the coins.&nbsp; I feel a bit embarrassed about what I am apparently missing.&nbsp; Is there a reference book or website I could study to learn more about this unfortunate practice?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>2). I honestly do not know if I will hang onto these particular coins due to the quality issues.&nbsp; If I sell them on eBay with accurate descriptions and clear visibility to the ANACS comments, would others on the board see anything wrong with this?&nbsp; Thoughts?&nbsp; They are not worth a tremendous amount, but I still consider them to be decent collectible coins.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I am questioning if I want them in my long term collection (By the way, I have been on eBay since 1/99 with 100% positive rating and a few hundered auctions, so this is just a fun hobby for me and not a business).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, and I look forward to being part of the board. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. - How big can the images get?&nbsp; I have a more detailed image of obverse and reverse of each in 500 DPI (~140K each), but I didnt know what the size limit was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in