To prevent misunderstandings, who pays for postage for the winner? Is the contest limited to the US for delivery , or is it international ( as...
What you do on kickstarter is your business until you bring it to CT and then it is ours. I would consider it as self-promotion, and delete it....
http://www.cointalk.com/threads/microscopic-comparison-of-luster.126215/ Check out the microscopic photos of the surface of a morgan in the...
75% copper (metallurgic wise) differs significantly in characteristics from 95% copper. Yes, they are both copper alloys, but the Ni gives a very...
Damage. In Detecto's hypothesis he didn't consider that the reverse die would be striking that side and wouldn't allow for raised dents to occur...
I visualize the flow from the strike to be from the center outward ( thinking that the dies are slightly conical to start with ) , so as the flow...
It has always bothered me that many 'woodies' or 'improper alloy mix' seems to be a surface phenomena. Generally ( outside of numismatics)...
I also think it is circulation wear . The dies can not be perfectly vertical or it would be difficult to retract it after striking the surface, so...
Yeah, death is seldom fun and you can't come back to blog, so take care.
Know what the MSDS says about chemicals you play with. I suspect the quantities mentioned are smaller in effect, but someone may decide to...
If he could see through it, it probably wasn't solder, but it could well be the effects of acid flux solder. I used rosin core solder to repair...
I am sure die state would have a strong effect. Mine have the X. True there are some other markers, but I think they suffer from the same...
It is not just the sulfur that can cause problems for coins. The amount of Lignin and the pH of the paper ( especially with moisture) can cause...
There is a well known pair of faint die scratches ( but should be easily seen on a high grade coin) that cross over to form a vertical X ,...
Yes, I think some type of holder, lucky , advertising, etc. Right Era for such.
Lets try not to have it happen this time. Keep this thread on the track of the original post.
Breen gives the tolerances on the clad quarter as 5.67 +- .227grams which would make the minimum 5.443 grams , less than the 5.5 grams mentioned
Ahh, but that is why I am a moderator~ I do worry at such. There was an 'almost' implied offer by a member above, and often people do not read the...
Folks remember that it is against the rules to make implied or otherwise offers to Buy/Sell/Trade in any forum other than the approved advertising...
Anthony 3 , I removed the url from your posts for your blog. Such urls can be put in the footer (signature), but in the body of the post they are...
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