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They are best used INSIDE of ziplock bags, along with a clean, red sacrificial cent.
The TPG's are already rubbing their hands: Marinkovic Hoard MS-70
BD is a term coined by the ignorant. It is NOT a disease, it is corrosion (verdigris) pure and simple. In the world of verdigris, it is simply...
Me too! It only takes a few weeks and I have verdigris.
Yes, these were in contact in a roll. It clearly shows what I call "contact verdigris". Verdigris itself can provide feed materials to start the...
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Whoa....$1000?
Nah....this was an awesome roll find. It clearly shows how an uncorroded coin can become corroded by contact with a corroded coin. It took pretty...
At some point, the coin was covered with verdigris (a copper salt) and then it was subsequently harshly cleaned. The copper component of the salt...
The pictured 1943 copper is real...I seem to remember the finder posting a thread about it long ago. I remember that damage, made me sick.
SUCKS! Do you have some pictures? ANACS needs to stop using that term, I've seen a lot of slabs labeled "recolored"....I can't stand that term to...
You can't compare sets from 1971 to those made today, totally different beasts. As others have said, collect what you like. Personally, since...
There is no such thing as AT/NT, as you said....a coin is either market acceptable or not. These debates/discussions will NEVER end!
Both VF 25, look OK.
Indeed my friend...thank you again!
Congrats! Getting these through can be a challenge. Mine are in sleeping in airtites. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
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