I don´t know what you have been reading, but a soak in acetone removes organic substances, does not create an altered surface and does no harm to...
Give it a little soak in 100% acetone (NOT nail polish remover).
could be some sort of adhesive residue.
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Into the last 50 years of this wonderful thread. 1970-1980 begins now
So far you have not shown any RPM´s, so nothing to "gut check on". As far as grading goes, the only tools you need are, eyeball mark 1, and...
Welcome to CT. Firstly I am not seeing from your images any signs other than die deterioration and circulation wear. The mintmarks were...
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As the Son of Philip the Arab, he was Caesar aged 7, Consul and Augustus, joint ruler of the Empire aged 10, and dead at 12. There appears to be...
A lot of people use the product that reduces scratches on car headlight glass.
@Curtis that is a lifelike portrait, wonderful
Added this coin to an order because it is the first Faustina II I have. For less than 40 Euros I couldn´t resist. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD...
Something to ponder going forward. Read up on the mint process and how dies are created. Look at many examples of die deterioration and...
A very important point to bear in mind. A lot of info on the web is written by people with little education in numismatics. Treat the articles...
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Depends on what you collect. My main collecting focus is ancient coinage and when I win an auction lot that is slabbed, the first thing I do is...
Oak tree Antoninus Pius AE As, RIC 733, Cohen 450, BMC 1624 143-144 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / IMPERATOR II...
I might not be available later, so 1960-1970 starts now.
If you have the coins, I suggest separating the silver dollar and the ancient coin and post them on the appropriate sub-forums here. Clear in...
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