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Re: Comic Art 24-Karat Gold Proof Coin – Superman™ Unofficial order thread
And now the aftermarket. 
Re: North/South/Central American Coins Thursday, let's see them!
@TwoKopeiki said:
This toning reminds me of a european collection of high grade crowns that was sold by WAG over a number of different sessions in 2021. A lot of them exhibited similar type toning that looked great at photos, but had a bit of a unnatural shine in-hand. The few examples from that collection I ended-up acquiring all bodybagged. I hope that's not the case here, but the white spots in the toning and the overall look triggered some memories. I hope i'm wrong as it appears to be a nice example.
In my Experience that brownish with bluish look is almost immediately bodybagged. It’s my understanding that it means it was exposed to a higher than normal level of sulfuric gas. Whether that’s comes from an envelope de-gassing/acidifying or something else, it doesn’t matter.
SimonW
Re: North/South/Central American Coins Thursday, let's see them!
I bought this one because it is a high grade mess! Fractures, breaks and mistakes!
SimonW
Re: Comic Art 24-Karat Gold Proof Coin – Superman™ Unofficial order thread
@jmlanzaf said:
@all_that_glitters said:
@Goldbully said:
Below 3K leftHow do you determine this? Is there a secret?
yes
What do you think of these if they played games and are only going to release 5K?
Or, because DC is involved, do you think they will go to Back Order on them and sell the full 10K if they can?
NJCoin
Re: Comic Art 24-Karat Gold Proof Coin – Superman™ Unofficial order thread
76 minutes to run out today.
edited to add: Over 10k 2.5oz medals sold so far.
Re: North/South/Central American Coins Thursday, let's see them!
This toning reminds me of a european collection of high grade crowns that was sold by WAG over a number of different sessions in 2021. A lot of them exhibited similar type toning that looked great at photos, but had a bit of a unnatural shine in-hand. The few examples from that collection I ended-up acquiring all bodybagged. I hope that's not the case here, but the white spots in the toning and the overall look triggered some memories. I hope i'm wrong as it appears to be a nice example.
Here are a few examples from the collection:
Re: Interesting PCGS Rattler
@Coins3675 said:
I wonder why anyone would want to remove the gasket?
The gasket is the soft plastic insert on the inside of the slab that holds the coin in place. You may be thinking of the rectangular piece around the outside edge of the slab which is the frame or collar and is made of hard brittle plastic which breaks quite easily especially if you drop the slab. I don't think anyone removed them intentionally unless they needed one to repair one of the scarce so-called "doily slabs" that lost its frame or collar. It's one of the several anti-counterfeiting features that PCGS added to their revised slab design after they caught a coin dealer counterfeiting their early generation rattler slab.
Re: Interesting PCGS Rattler
@Coins3675 said:
I wonder why anyone would want to remove the gasket?
Fit in the original box, prevent cuts on hands from handling.
Re: IHC Purchase
@TomB said:
If I recall correctly, CAC follows the same standards at EEPS for FEs and IHCs.
They have different standards. That was a project of @winesteven
