Exactly why I said I wanted to save it from a crap existence. I love this coin, it has 40X the story of most any coin you’ll ever see.
Thank you for the clear and concise response. That is exactly the type of informative answer I was hoping to find here. I’ll definitely look up...
What a racketeer is? Racketeering in general? FICO laws? Plated 1883 no cents? A random nickel from 1909 plated by an unknown organized crime...
That’s fair and knowing that it’s probably gold plated makes me more curious as to why. I’ll stick to the history side of coins Yikes with that...
https://www.pcgs.com/restoration To this page, yes, hard to tell by it though
After further inspection, it appears to be gold plated. But that’s not the question, I’m asking about proper channels for restoring coins
The coins yes, tossed the novelty holder.
I’m asking if it’s possible to properly restore, even somewhat, a tarnished coin like this. Doesn’t matter if it’s a proof or not. Don’t care...
From a novelty 90s nickel history set of 5 v nickels.
I didn’t do it for fortunes, I saw at best a severely damaged oddity that would never be perfect and would never fetch more than $50 in the next...
To fool people like me lol. I still love it though and want to preserve it as best I can.
I think you’re right, gold maybe. Any idea at what point in history people most commonly did that?
I found this tucked away in a lot of those junky 90s novelty sets, not even labeled as a proof just with other well worn Vs. Paid $20 for...
Yeah I’m brand new to this and can’t afford a proper camera setup yet, so I’ve got a makeshift setup going. I’m not yet familiar with how the...
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