If they're just junk silver, put $50 worth in a heavy-duty 1-quart Ziploc zipper-type freezer bag. Works great.
I bookmarked both the article and the website - plenty of good reading there!
[ATTACH] If the OP's coin is AU, what's that make mine? It shows a little wear here and there, more on the reverse than the obverse, and I would...
I assume the coin you want is considered a Hard Times Token?
Borderline very good to fine, on a good day. And so far, this is not a good day...
You might get more info from the "South American eBay," found at www.mercadolibre.com checking for similar listings or sales. To search, you...
While we are talking Half Dimes (in another thread), I will post pics of my 1796 counterfeit (a guy at Stack's assured me it was). The obverse...
Yes, I agree, but the Baby Numbers are 1/5th the size of the real thing? I am searching for a plausible explanation.
So it's not really a "2" in the sense of the last digit of the date? Just a mark that happens to be 2-shaped?
Not quite your point, but I think you'll find that Israeli mail-handling is every bit as good as the USPS. As it should be, for a country...
Since there's nothing on a normal coin even remotely the size of the Baby 2, where's it come from? How would it get there? And please, everyone:...
Here's the "real" WHY NOT? Probably before you were born LOL LOL. [MEDIA]
I suppose you could go into eBay and see what various types have sold for? Then look at what's offered for sale. Not too complicated.
"...how to safely remove them." Lick and load?
Wrong. The singular IS real, the plural reales. One real, eight reales. And pronounced ree-ALL and ree-ALL-ace, in case you're wondering....
My initial impression was Thailand, then I discarded that guess in favor of India, due to the alphabet with a large number of letters with flat...
Here's an image from Google, of course no guarantee it's not a fake, date unknown, plus it's a different mint mark (I'm thinking the OP's coin is...
OK, close enough. I would add, those spots look surface-bonded, not chemically-bonded, and best removed by physical means, with a solvent...
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