Try a sonic cleaner. Harbor Freight sells them. I use it on all metals. It cleans most stuff without destroying the item. Do not clean gun parts...
It may be a fake. I bought one a while back. Not that same date. Had a friend look at it. He said it was a fake. The coin had a grainy surface and...
I started a very long time ago. From a Boy Scout camping trip. 1st was Cents, then Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves. Then into US currencies....
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I had a friend who had gum machines at some stores. One day he went to clean and refill the machines. One, he unloaded, he saw a different color...
Some banks will not make large cash-outs unless you have an account in our area. I do business with more than one, so we can do as we need. That...
In Atlanta, GA a coin shop, that I went to had a large 4x8 plywood with an Indian head on it out of Indian Head cents. The owner's name was Roy...
A few years back a person came into a local bank I go to and made a deposit. The teller called me and I went to see the note. It was $500.00 note...
Bluebook is a wholesale book price for coins. The Red Book is retail prices. To find a price I take about 40% off the retail prices. Go to any...
Think of it this way. What is "ink"? It's a type of liquid. If it's too wet or too dry what's would the effect be? Mix this with metal parts. If...
Think how dies are made. The die, to make such, would have been a hand die. Or dropped or misplaced. Today, they do not use hand die, right.
I have a full set of Walker's. Back in 1980 while in PA. I stopped at a local coin shop. The owner had a complete set of Walker's in the full head...
I see all the time when people have coins in holders and do not press the back of staples down on the cards. The staple hooks do more damage to...
Many grocery stores, Home Depot, Lowes all get large some of the new currency. The banks do get new stuff, but place it in the automatic machines...
I think it's part of a teller stamp at the strap that's why you have a defined edge.
That's true for the current series. But much later you will then and find out you let some go for the face, that now cost much more later. You can...
Not nothing to do with Lincoln. The coin is a Roosevelt dime.
I keep any and all "star" notes of any donation that I come across. Just think what is the survival rate of any series? I know there are many...
Not full step. Look at the first bottom steps. The bottom two rows are blemished together.
Dryer or if silver a spoon to make a ring.
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