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Re: Silver Maple question
I bought a yellow monster box of 08's in 2008 from Tulving. They came in 25 coin tubes with a yellow top. Quite a few of them have developed "milk" spots. -
Re: Indian Head Cents -- Collecting Advice
I’m almost 70% done with my set, and what fun it is! My budget is larger, so my parameters for the dates with color suffixes is each coin must be at least MS65RB or higher. 1859 - 1864 copper/nickel at least MS65. I suggest getting over having 100% of the same “generation” slab. You’ll drive yourself nuts. However, it’s ok… -
Re: Why NCS Scares Me....
Having had some experience with NCS, I'm pretty comfortable with what they do. I recently sent 3 dcam Lincolns in with splotchy toning to see what they could do with copper. I chose these coins because they had no real value, and I have never seen copper cleaned that wasn't damaged. I included a few Franklins that had… -
Re: yeesh..those Silver premiums
I have a few of these. They are considered legal gender. However, due to the high relief, they will not fit into the standard 40.6mm airtite. Unfortunately after a few weeks they all started milk-spotting something awful. -
Re: Long beach early bird $200 to get in
Yes, the fee was outrageous, but i just lumped it into my overall show expense, which i considered a vacation anyhow. Gas for 700 miles each way, hotel for two nights food expense all for about $1,000, including the early bird pass. On Tuesday for dealer days, when there was maybe 20 collectors in the showroom, it felt… -
Re: What is going on with silver?
<< <i>The hedge funds have been leveraging silver and other commodities at 30X to 100X to each dollar. The banks and lenders have tightened up to 10 to 1 or less. This means that the margin requirements have been, in effect raised and the hedge funds had to sell off assets to cover. Thus in spite of a shortage of silver,… -
Re: What next?
Try The ASE set's. I push these on everyone. Just lookout for the milk spots. They are very nice looking coins. Whatever you choose, have fun & do your home work. -
Re: PCGS Submission Question
<< <i>Send em in the package. They'll figure it out. >> X2 PCGS has 100s of years of Numismatics experience at their office, I doubt that much stumps them besides milk spots -
Re: More grades! Economy Service Level
I have a couple AHs that should get a DCAM easily....they milk spotted all to heck though.....may submit em just for kicks. See if I can make a PR60 -
Re: Holdered verdigris warranty
You're not crazy at all. PVC? Too bad. RB copper in RD OGH? Sorry. Three points overgraded? Mechanical error. Milk spots? Those are clearly post encapsulation.
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