The coin community needs to embrace fingerprints on coins... Imagine how cool it would be to own a Morgan dollar with Billy the Kid's prints on...
That's all hype, myth, and wishful thinking. There is nothing that silver is used for that can't be replaced by some other metal. That pretty...
I have a couple of Edward coins that could be considered gem. Imagine my shock when I realized Ed was supposed to hair!
There's about 145 copper cents in a pound and copper is trading at $1.82 a pound. Even if you're lucky enough to find bulk bags of wheat cents...
Coinbuff speaks the truth... they are just bullion. How much is it to buy ASE's raw from the Mint? How many MORE ASE's could you buy with...
Brasso maybe? This plaque was outdoors right? I wouldn't be all that concerned about hairlines and the like, it's not a coin... scrub that puppy!
My bad... it's not aluminum. It's 5.3 grams which is .3 grams more then the info I have, but my scales may be off a little.
There's no fear of mistaking this guys fakes as genuine... they're poor quality at best.
Just realized something else about this coin... I'm pretty sure it's aluminium! According to the book I'm reading, the 10 Paise coin was...
You have a bunch of polished coins too, don't you Spock? Have you tried Biox on any of them? Undiluted Biox has a odd effect on copper, but I...
Talk about complicated... :) I live in Canada so this particular act doesn't apply to me either, but I'm sure we have a similar provision or...
I agree! When I started collecting coins again I decided to start with US coins (which is odd because I'm Canadian... lol), but I quickly...
Well, how I ended up with them isn't all that exciting... I took a chance and bought the whole group as an auction lot. I didn't pay a huge...
I've opened a couple and to be honest, I can't remember if I had to break the plastic or not... Nonetheless, I also have some of those brown...
On the coins or how I ended up with them?
I'm going to try and "unpolish" this coin. Before I go and potentially do more damage to it, does anyone disagree with my assessment that it...
Carl, I bet Biox would take the polish off that coin... I'm going to try it on this polished coin of mine:...
Wow, very informative site Gary, thanks for posting!
Last one for now... I'm not even sure what this is! Coin? Token? Pot holder? lol All I know it that it's HUGE. It weighs 67.75 grams and is...
Hong Kong One Cent - 1875 This one makes me very, very sad. It's been harshly cleaned and highly polished. The color looks even worse in hand. :P
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