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very PQ. Eye appeal of a 66 :) edited to add: I expected the darker obverse tone to be an artifact of that lighting angle. I'm now at "grade-typical marks" with the same eye-appeal rat… (View Post)

@Gazes - @privaterarecoincollector - Oliver Jung - a thread here a month or two ago proclaiming a most rightful delight and pride of ownership. edited to add: I'd appreciate hearing much more ab… (View Post)

@Regulated (Dave McCarthy of Kagins) did all the conservation work. Trial and error was needed. Dave and I have conserved many 10K+ coins for each other, though none as challenging as those in this v… (View Post)

Part of being a multi-talented idiot-savant is having my ego shattered. Buddha actually recommends it. Some days I giggle as, in a second or two, it re-coheres as does mercury. Sometimes I sulk. As I… (View Post)

The Pittman coin was doctored by the buyer soon after the sale. Its cleaning became much less evident. He had cause to be proud of his work. The process was not reversible. In the coin-doctoring caba… (View Post)