I do the same, all silver coins I buy get the Acetone dip and soak.
Back in the era of men's pocket watches a silver coin and a few gold coins were used as fobs at the end of a silver pocket watch chain or a gold...
And in Italian : Zecca di Roma means the Mint of Rome. Collectors of Pre-Unification Italian coins will see Zecca di Palermo, Zecca di Messina,...
Great coin. Have you gone onto Italian eBay and checked to see if these Italian error coins pop up. I do buy coins on Italian eBay but I'm...
Glad this thread was revived, very interesting info on the long lost silver date restorer from many years ago called "Nic-A-Silver" some believed...
Well done, can you share the back story on this coin being in your family for 4 generation's.
Right now our US Dollar is fairly strong vs the Euro. One Euro equals $1.10 American and I remember when that exchange rate was much worse for...
Well, if I had that much money to only spend on coins and nothing else. I'd travel in Italy to find all the super rare coins of Sicily . Attend...
As long as the bidders know that there's auction bid manipulation going on , then I guess it's all good.
Is there any truth that some of these large auction houses like Heritage engage in shill bidding with their auctions.
I collect mainly Sicilian and Italian coins and King Charles III of Spain, that we see on these 8 Reales coins, was King Carlo III di Borbone of...
Thanks for letting him know we are concerned about him.
Good to hear
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