THanks so much for the replies. Michael, thanks for the help. I'll post to the right fora when I figure them out. I think most people give up...
Thanks Longshot. I'll look for that Forum. edit: Well I'm defeated by the system. I found a list of fora with US coins but no possibility of...
Somewhere I thought I saw a reference that gold from Larder Lake was used for the Canadian 1908 Sovereign. Does any one have a reference? Could...
With all the talk of soft, easily damaged gold coins we still see piles of them dumped onto a table, ready to riffle through your hands like...
My father suspected "recent" fakes in ancient coins and never had any. He passed this fear on to me. I once asked a very knowledgeable ancient...
In the last couple of years the dope stocks have blown most else out of the water, allowing anyone to build a nice gold and silver coin...
Thanks Balanced, that is very interesting. That's exactly my problem I can't see any cleaning evidence but the mint lustre is worn away in places....
Thank you very much Jim. I now understand mint lustre, but I'm puzzled that I can't see any scratches let alone hairlines on a couple of gold...
Jim, Have you any 400x photos of a "cleaned" coin?
Thanks so much Jim. I've observed flow lines in 8 Reales pieces, but on a much larger scale that really do look like a flow, quite different than...
Thanks so much. I doubt that people are using aqua regia to clean their coins. The idea should be to leach off crud and leave the coin alone. So...
Yes a sheen on mint coins. What chemicals would destroy this on a gold coin?
What would take the mint bloom off a gold coin and not leave any fine scratches? Gold should be inert, but there will be a bit of silver or copper...
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