How to torture a coin

I grew up on a farm and let me tell you the stuff I did was absolutely crazy. I had access to blasting caps, fertilizer, black powder, cutting torches, welders and more chemicals than a refinery has. I learned to blow things up at an early age. Dad you to remove stumps with dynamite and I got to help. He's learning to doctor coins. Ice

 

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Haha. What would have been funny is for me to have ask the pharmacist for some fertilizer (KNO3) :goofer: dd: :whistle:

Garrett

 

LOL! I just read the email you sent my Mom. :mouth:

 

It does my heart good to hear he took a Dremel tool to it; that shows some gumption!

 

Coin Talk now has a mad scientist:goofer:dd::rolling:

 

Another way to fix that coin is to purchase some Potasium Nitrate. Mix carefully with that Sulfur and add some Charcoal. About 75% Potatsium Nitrate, 15% sulfur, 10% Charcoal. Take that mixture, place in a metal tube, seal one end, place coin in the other end, leave room for a wick and light said wick. RUN

 

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!To funny Carl

 

Haha. Why do I already know that formula? :whistle:

 

Surprised noone has mentioned a silver/peroxide rocket http://science.howstuffworks.com/question159.htm

 

how did this go from torturing a coin to bomb making and ways to blow stuff up. Jeeez. I'm not going to tell you my stories.... Its for y'alls safety and Mine. I don't want any unwanted knocks on my door. Be careful Freaky. And watch out Freaky's mom. LOL


I love it. That is one of the coolest coins I've ever seen.

 

Try it on ebay....it IS one of a kind now.

...see #3 :mouth:

 

Fair enough. I tossed a few coins on the charcoal grill last summer because I was making some burgers and bored.
Looked pretty nasty but betting they smelled better than yours.

12oz for only $8! What a bargain!
It's on my list - of course I have no idea what I'll do with it.

 

you forgot to use one of mans most trusted and basic tools, a hammer, bigger the better.:hammer:

maybe you could make your own version of a re-strike with that annealled planchet. sorry about the spelling it late.

 

Congrats Garrett!
You done created a shoo-in fer a SGS MS70 slab!

 

All I can say is WOW!
The most I ever did was use Brass-O on wheat cents. It would shine them up soo bright and good!

Speedy

 

This was good - the best laugh I had in a while. I kept skipping the post cause I just thought it was another "coin cleaning" yes or no discussion. Wish I had read it sooner.

Hands on experiments are the best way to learn sometimes. And in this case it sounds like "you all" as a family had fun with it. Great Story.

 

OP: I'd consider entering this in the local science fair, if you get a chance.

 

Reading this brought tears to my eyes.....


from laughter....not empathy towards the coin....

 

Haha. You would see me sitting at a back table with a torch and a jar of sulfur. :hatch:

 

Not easy to find products and the Silver is rather on the expensive side.