Looks more like an MS98 to me! LOL
Thanks, but actually, I would have been blissfully ignorant, had not the thread author himself asked me to delete this thread. I declined to do...
No, but it does work on that level. LOL
Leftover Christmas tissue paper, you said? ;) Thanks- I was just glad not to have to photograph the coins myself. Didn’t mind the background,...
Thanks, it has been fun to watch. :)
I use a Vaseline rub to remove grime off circulated Wheaties and Brit large pennies. It removes most surface grunge without affecting the coins’...
Duly noted.
I just said: If you want to block him, fine, block him. No need to announce it. Your name-calling post is counterproductive here. Perhaps I...
You may be correct in raising an eyebrow. But our author here is an enthusiastic newbie, and I’ve seen enough of his other posts to be inclined...
All right, let’s tone down the rhetoric and put down the knives and pitchforks, please. Our author here now knows he has touched upon a very sore...
I think the Zoid was yanking your chain a bit. “Dip it” means to chemically clean it. That’s what you do to coins with unsightly toning. Your...
It really is weird. And it is a thing, for some bizarre reason.
Oh, believe me, I’d have kept that 1859 quarter, had not my fixed-size “Box of 100” collection advanced to the point where I mostly have a minimum...
I really enjoy buying nice $25-50 stuff for my “pick your prize” giveaway contests. It’s like shopping for my own collection, except I’m shopping...
There is one up right now, just as there usually is most months on the Contests forum. The current one is #108 as of this post.
@-jeffB - thanks for linking up my old article about the Vesta McCurry WW1 love token. That was an adventure! I did a number of other love token...
I have heard Le Crayon a Andre recommended for cleaning ancient coins. Never tried them myself- I briefly used a rock tumbler with sand as a...
I liked your report, for as much about the general statistics as about Dansco albums. This thread came up when I was trying to help someone on...
January 4, 2024. Cappadocian Kingdom: ca. 96-63 BC silver drachm of Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios Some nice BC silver for the giveaway stash, at a...
Date unrecorded, but shortly after New Year. I got this pair of silver dollars for the giveaway stash, in a swap with @Randy Abercrombie. 1896...
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