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Re: Do dealers ever check other dealers' schedules to gauge competition at a particular show?
<< <i>You know, when I saw the title of this thread I knew immediately who started it without having to check to see who was the author. >> I can spot a Longacre thread by the title at least 50% of the time. << <i>2. Two specialty dealers in the same place may draw more specialty collectors, making it more worthwhile for… -
Re: Paging Dr. Rimjob.
The only time I've heard that term before was from a gay friend in West Hollywood. The best coin doctors do even toning on the rims of Unc. CBHs, many of which are in first world TPG slabs. I can spot it a mile away, because I've seen so many of them. You have the center of a CBH that is as white as a Washington Quarter.… -
Re: A Question of toning...
<< <i>But, sadly, I can't spot AT coins anyway. >> Neither can i! That's why i posted this whole thread for. No one's actually come forward yet and explained why and where the AT shows best. All i've got so far is "i could tell it was AT a mile off cos it's ugly". Well sorry but i've seen supposed NT coins that i thought… -
Re: Thoughts about this Babe Ruth card
I actually cut this one out myself from a sheet. This is actually a rather difficult card, especially for a hundcut, because the red ink is very cheap and chips extremely easy. I managed to cut it out with very little evidence of any chipping, and PSA did a great job handling it to ensure it didn't chip because I was… -
Fried A Coin
This is a job only gototoningcoins (tonecoin2003) could love. The 1968 clad quarter pictured below had all kinds of junk/haze in the fields. Because it was a garbage quarter, I experimented with undiluted dip and a plain tapwater rinse. The results after five minutes: It was so fried the coin turned colors before my eyes.… -
Re: NEWP! My first $3 Princess...
My first one was an 1878: which one of the “common dates.” It was the last coin I needed to complete the 12 piece gold type set. It graded VF, but I didn’t realize when I traded for it that it had been mounted on the edge in one small spot. I traded a run of the mill BU set of Franklin haves for it. At least it was… -
Re: Major auction house coin descriptions...your thoughts?
At the chance of the hammer coming down on me 1st I will say it should not be the buyers financial responsibility to pay to fix an obviously doctored coin. Although if obviously doctored one can ask why buy it in the first place? Anyway on topic about auction catalog descriptions: One must both know how to translate the… -
Re: Canadian Maple Leafs
<< <i> << <i>Interesting, so does anybody still try and collect a complete silver (or gold) maple leaf set. >> I have a complete date set of regular bullion issue silver maples. Also the three Olympic coins and the wildlife series. But I don't collect the privvy mark collector coins at all. >> Last year I started adding… -
Re: Very solid 1956 Franklin coin.. Most proofs have somekind of mirrored field.
<< <i>Honestly, I dont care for it at all, but as long as you like it, thats cool. I think its a run of the mill coin and just a basic proof coin. <<Do you think it is how the coin was struck than others with cam/Pl fields>> I have no idea what youre asking there. But, its a proof, so proof like fields I guess are a must.… -
Re: More pretty blue/purple copper for sale. (Early shellac not included)
<< <i> << <i>I dunno, it has that aqua on the obverse which is supposedly very difficult. This is why I don't buy toners! -Amanda >> Hi Amanda, I've certainly been fooled before and will be in the future, but that color sure looks artificial to me. >> Well, it didn't really look alright to me either, that's why I said I…
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