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Try dog spit! But if you lack a dog.......Just roll your tongue around that coin for a few seconds and see what happens! You might be amazed at how lustrous you made your modern-day coin and at littl… (View Post)

Some of these old-time codgers running the local shows, one look will immediately tell you if they're playing with a full deck. So 99.9 % of the time when you see something wrong with a lot/grad… (View Post)

Looks more like a strike-through than a scratch. There are very few areas where the metal appears pulled up to either side of the long mark. Compare it to the few nicks on the reverse and the metal i… (View Post)

I would leave it alone. From the looks of it, it's been handled enough and most likely improperly stored. Here's an 1824 book that has almost the same state of deterioration but it is handl… (View Post)

The strike and luster could be better. Maybe it looks better in hand. Because I include luster with the condition......MS64FS Leo (View Post)