Do you mean that roosie thread? Actually that picture of the coin was when I already heavily cleaned it by soaking it in distilled water and...
Won't putting your coins out in the sun also lighten their color? I am trying to do the opposite with my large cent, I want to make it darker...
The 80% number is a number thrown around here by some members here but not a proven statistics but if you look threw Ebay and coin shops you start...
The coin is obviously cleaned like 80% of older coins and that is why those contact marks are there. Someone obviously try to remove the toning...
I bought this large cent here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/300714426833?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 The coin in person doesn't...
Would this make a good pocket piece? I would carry it just because it is interesting and already beat up so can't damage it that much. [ATTACH]
Has anyone carried a coin in their pocket to get rid of grit and dirt? From what I have heard grit and dirt are removed when coins are carried in...
I agree with you that 80% of older coins have been cleaned at one time at least once. I mentioned in another thread about how many seated coins...
Yes, they don't look like lightened areas to me though, they look like marks.
I was Googling trying to find out what the smudge marks are on this coin. What are they and have they been put on their recently? They look like...
In general you should not clean coins. If you must use the least abrasive method. For wheats I soak them in alcohol for a little bit then...
I didn't think of them. People don't even want to use them and the mint is going to stop making them. None are made of any type of precious...
I am new at buying coins at Ebay and in general. I don't believe I received a best or worst Ebay just got prices that were fair or a little...
I have toyed with this idea myself but I would just sell my wheat cent and silver dime doubles from my sets. A couple teens, some 20s and 30s,...
Right I shouldn't worry about $3 even though it irks anyone when they felt they had been scammed. I will just leave the price at $6 with free...
Ours is called New Hope PA/ Lambertville NJ. It is about an hour south of New York and an hour north of Philadelphia. It is mostly...
I should open this auction up internationally then. I know I hear about people that have to travel for work have various world coins that are...
[ATTACH] I added some things to JBlonde's chart to maybe attract some bidders. I am probably going to get stuck with them though since I don't...
$50 in quarter rolls-skunk $70 in dime rolls-2 silver roosies
I decided to sweeten the pot on Ebay and added a 1953 silver Canadian dime I want to get rid of too. I upped the asking bid though.
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