Thanks to all for the replies.... my mind will be a little more at ease why diving into these ancient hoards at coin shows. and thanks to...
I went to my first coin show last weekend and I might be going to another in a month or so.... I was surprised by a couple of things; first by...
soaked all night in xylene + 5 second dip. Nothing terribly exciting but I do kind of like how the 1/2 now looks... [ATTACH]
Funny thing is that these little envelopes are what the LCS used to put my newly acquired wheaties in. I'm particularly surprised about the "ring...
When I was a kid in the mid 70s I was given a handful of Panama Balboas. I kept them loose in a 2x4 manilla envelope and last saw them in 1978...
This is an even more sleazy strategy. The 2 highest bids are sometimes the same person using different accounts. It creates an artificially high...
yikes.
Thank You QM and LM for arranging this contest and allowing this Entry Post. What a good way for someone to start a counter stamp collection! jp
welp, this just dang interesting! I'd bet a caveman bbq sandwich that it's someone well known here.... well not by me, I'm too new :hungry: I'm...
Are you saying it will get more milky or semething else? Just curious since I will not be doing anything about it beyond safely storing it away.
The reverse sides all look normal.
I bought a couple of proof sets! Interesting (to me) is the toning of the quarter, sort of a milky white halo..... and the 1976 penny with a tad...
"Magically Cleaned". . . :wacky:
Entry Post...... still looking at those ancients.... probably the Roman silver denarius. I also like the Balboa Thank You!
Please disregard my entry ..... I did not realize what YN means..... I'm way too far removed from that designation. :wacky:
Interested... I just recently decided to expand my knowledge and start collecting ancients. JP
Entry Post I'm looking closely at those ancients....
thanks everyone... I will checks these out :pompous:
Greetings Fellow CoinTalkers - I'm not quite new to collecting but I am new to this group. Recently, I became interested in finding a better...
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