Nice haul. The ones that jump out at me are the 25 and 50 bit Danish West Indies coins — nice examples, particularly the 25. Also really like the...
A couple of German 2 Euro coins bought this tall cold glass of Hacker-Pschorr’s finest in Munich. [ATTACH]
I put a lovely Czech 50 Korun toward the tip for an equally lovely Pilsner Urquell at a sidewalk café in Prague. [ATTACH]
Extra credit, huh? OK, here goes . . . I used a Swiss 5 Franc coin like this one to buy a bottle opener at a gift shop in Vaduz, the capital of...
I hear you, but the "whitish cast" you refer to is something I've never seen in decades of using acetone. Maybe I'm just lucky.
There's nothing to be gained by a final rinse in water. Rinse them in a second (or third, if necessary) dish of CLEAN acetone.
Words seldom used together! :D
Bravo! One of the best explanations yet of what acetone does and doesn't do:
I used to collect both, but somewhere along the way I decided that I wanted the coins in my collection to represent real working coins. So I...
Looks like a good show. Please file a report, plus pics if possible.
Not to worry. Rinsing a coin in acetone leaves no identifiable sign. No different that rinsing in water. Edit: except for aluminum coins. Don't...
This definitely!
Thanks. If I'm ever in Brandon, I'll look for coin shops.
This. Don't respond to them.
Where might "here" be?
Thanks for posting. That centennial half crown is my favorite New Zealand coin.
That's odd. I've bought coins on ebay for years, and have never received a single piece of coin-related junk mail as a result.
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I was lucky to pick that one up right before prices started to spike. I doubt I'd be willing to pay what it's going for now.
Hard to find a more interesting world category than the British Empire. Here's a final one . . . [IMG]
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