Well, I cant see it very well, the pic it so small...it certainly isnt wha tI was thinking it was.
My spots didnt look like that, the coin was almost completely toned silver save for one spot of brighter yellow / orange [see pic]. I was told not...
here is a great site for an overview of these metals, their properties and how they react. Silver is, on the whole, non-corrosive and doesnt...
Prof, I have seen what you are talking about (I think). I had a silver Roman Denarius and a Silver Parthan coin that had some spotty orange yellow...
I have to respectfully disagree. They could not tell. I have seen my share of magnified surfaces before and after to know.but as that is my...
I should type slower next time, there is no edit here :)
I agree, I am not saying soak it for a long time either...the fact of the matter is that old coins gather actual dirt. I soaked a pile of dirty...
I would give money to someone who could tell if a coin had soaked for a bit in distilled water...they cant...period.
thats what I figured but I didnt have a source for it so I didnt want to say it as if I knew for sure...though I was pretty sure it was...
[img] [img] Found an example of one of the coins.
Best one yet...I learned something.
A bit of a soak in distilled water (no rubbing) is all I will do to a modern coin and not often, most I leave as I find them, of course these are...
It was mentioned that he might being using them as investments, if you are doing that then you are probably dealing with high priced coins and...
km878 2 Shillings (1949-1951) in uncirculated condition its worth about 10 bucks I think, circulated far less. Or its worth what a person will...
thats a real shame...Especially if the coin is still a great coin but is so devalued because of something so minor (IMO) like that.
HAHA...yeah...no doubt I would be truthfull if selling a cleaned coin but the very fact that most probably couldnt tell the difference says...
Why would you say its fake, simply because its from China? It shows no signs of being fake. Doesnt look cast...if its fake it a damn good one.
Its worse with ancients...contacted a lady the other day trying to sell copper late roman coins as gold :) After a long exchange she change it...
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