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This is a good example of "this thread is useless without pictures". Because, as jmlanzaf said, "verdigris" is impossible to develop on silver coins, as it requires a copper-based… (View Post)

I suspect it is to a large extent directed by the numismatic calendar you are involved with. For example: where I live there is one annual coin show which has been running for a couple of decades, an… (View Post)

There's a ten-year-old PCGS promotional video on YouTube about how they grade coins. I assume it's authentic, since it pre-dates the age of AI-generated slop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?… (View Post)

Most collectors don't buy "sets" intact, because most collectors already have at least some of the items in any set they're interested in pursuing and don;t like buying "dupl… (View Post)

The Mint cannot and will not comment, because "the Mint" does not know. The Mint does not put coins into "boxes", it puts coins into "bags". As far as the Mint is concer… (View Post)