This arrived today it cost the ridiculous sum of £3 what a bargain and it’s genuine [ATTACH]
francos sphere of corruption even spread to football, Barcelona made a deal to sign Alfredo de Setefano, but on francos intervention he moved...
The replica coins can usually be spotted easily as they are made by west air reproductions and have wrl imprinted on the coin I presume that they...
Nothing looks as gross as a Tudor hammered coin with a highly polished surface, I have seen some absolute horrors in my time.
A short dip of around 2 to 3 minutes is ample to clean.
I never clean my coins other than to remove dirt and crud with a dip in acetone, sadly some people use things as harsh as metal polish to make...
And north to Scotland [ATTACH]
My latest addition and a bargain at £14 [ATTACH]
I regularly use acetone to clean dirt and crud off my coins, I have never had any discolouration problems due to its use.
No drama I just do not like slabs.
Slabbing is the devils work. I like looking at coins not a plastic sarcophagus
The Louis Phillipe 5 francs has been ruined by excessive cleaning.
Canada and Australia are a good place to start. Try to only get the circulation coinage as both countries produce loads of NCLT junk
On my wish list [ATTACH]
One very ugly woman [ATTACH]
1947 allied occupation German coins were third reich coins with the swastika removed [ATTACH]
There are also the allied emergency coinage issued immediately post WW II such as this Belgium 2 francs struck on the steel cent flan. [ATTACH]
Spanish civil war coins are an interesting subject as well
And don’t forget the Faroe Islands which are in effect 1941 danish coins without the heart mint mark and were minted at the royal mint in London....
I have almost every occupation coin from Europe the hardest one to get is the elusive 1941 Croatia 1 kuna pattern in zinc
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