Today, I received an 1862 Indian Head penny from EBay. The penny seems to be thicker than the other later date Indian Head pennies I have...
[ATTACH] Anyone see this design for 2012 ATB Hawaii National Park? I am afraid this design is a dud. Not only is the design bad, but it also...
Can I assume that the first spouse medals will continue? I have been collecting both the first spouse medals and the presidential dollars.
I had a dealer tell me that the medal came in without the pictures. To make it more acceptable for a buyer, he pasted the picture in. However he...
I was looking through Ebay for medals and found one, which I suspect maybe real but not the ferrotype. Sometimes when a civil war artifact dealer...
It could have been toned but definitely not painted. It still has one lone red spot on the reverse. The 1953 proof definitely was not toned but...
I was clearing out my purse today and found a yellow 1996 penny. I assume it is a proof that got into circulation. I have seen a 1953 proof...
Thanks for the information. I was beginning to wonder if I should dip medals. I still am amazed how much came off and how badly it "glued"...
SCD is a so called dollar. Rather it was an aluminum medal made for the Columbian exposition in 1893. I looked at a photograph of what a better...
On another note, I just placed an aluminum SCD in acetone and got a massive amount of a plastic like residue off of a 38mm SCD. Has anyone heard...
Whatever the reaction is, I have seen for myself that cooper or brass seems to react negatively more often than the other metals. Maybe it is...
Thanks for the advice. I have often used fingernail polish, which is basically acetone to remove the surface debris. I suppose I should stop...
I have all my coins and medals in an Airtite ring container, which are stored in a safe. If I have something in my safe that may contain PVC, do...
The original medal I am fairly sure goes back to Washington's inaugural so it was probably used to make reproductions. Rather who knows what the...
This is currently on EBay and I have no intention of trying to buy it. What is bothersome though is the possibility it could have been used in...
I see the staff showing at an angle, but that can be accounted for by the photographer shooting the copy? at an angle and not straight on. Other...
You are correct. The mold must have been taken from a shell. Are these moldings made to test the finished shell? Have I stumbled across...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] On Ebay is a resin molding? of a very valuable medal. The molding? is the same size as the original medal shown on the right....
I recently bought one on Ebay for 130 dollars. After seeing it there and holding it in my hand, I have fallen in love with these medals. If it...
Not really knowledge just a curiosity about unusual things that do not make sense. I am collecting the 50 and 100 (centennial) year's coins, and...
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