As you can see on the 1st note, the serial number is lower. Then on the 2nd note, the star is almost touching the part that says NOTE, while the...
Starting in 2000 Canadian pennies were composed of 94% steel, 1.5% nickel, 4.5% copper plating. I have a canada cent from '06 that does not stick...
A man was telling me that at the FUN show, a man was going around selling eagles for like 50 cents-$1 over spot. Mystified, I asked him how can...
Tonight I finished sorting through all my wheat cents. I took some shaking, but I was able to fit 650 cents in one "brick". The brick weighs...
I found a few wheat cents from the 50's that have turned red. They have not been painted, but it looks as if they turned that way over time....
You heard me, no rolls or wrappers to buy. Crystal lite comes in a container like this. [IMG] The container is made out of PP or polypropylene....
I was planning on storing them in the plastic rolls, but they are 30 cent each, the paper ones are only 5 cents each. Has anyone used a tool...
I read that storing copper cents in paper rolls is a bad idea because it will turn them green. Is there any truth to this?
Theoretically, if the US was to go into a depression, as occurred in 1929, wouldn't they become useless?
Stocks and PM's both are risky, My neighbor had 20k invested into a great company. The company tanked and his stock was worth pennies on the...
Well, then what IS a better return? I don't trust PM's or stocks.
Okay time for some more info. The average circulated grade of a Indian head cent..let's go with fine. Now let's pick a newer, heavily minted...
Has gone down a bit more. Dunno if it has much to do with it, but the Bulgarian government has resigned.
Yup. I have heard of people soaking the "uncleanables" for years.
True. However I have bought quite a few cheap ancients and experimented on them to find the best cleaning methods. I tried electrolysis (removes...
The oil will bring out the details more.
I don't recall what I used. However I read not to use virgin, so just use regular.
You can very well be the 1st collector. In fact you can buy uncleaned, dirty ancients by the bag on eBay. As far as cleaning, I would soak the...
Looking for some clear round tubes for cents. Can either be new or used in decent condition. Looking to buy at least 20. Also looking for the...
False. The main public places that may forbid detecting is usually nation or state parks. Schools might have an issue, if they think you're...
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