Thanks, I understand. He lived a long life afterwards he passed in 1990 aged 94 in the pub of all places. :)
Well there you go then LOL More expense if I am to have them all. Its also 100 years since my Grandfather aged 18 went off to the trenches. He...
Its not a series they issue around two different designs each year. I got mine in 2013 I order them in proof from the mint as soon as they come...
If it was me it would be in the oil :D
I take it you are joking ? If in doubt just examine the stain line in the copper on the reverse which goes from the "B" of Britannia under the...
I`ve never used distilled water on coins, I doubt it would be any different from normal tap water. I`ve always used Extra Virgin olive oil on...
I can`t get the lighting correct as the original with the verdigris was taken in natural sunlight with a light tent. Anyhow this is better because...
On this one I did the picking first which then allows the oil to penetrate and soften the older stuff. It doesn`t harm to use a soft tooth brush...
I managed to snag this Cuba One Peso that was named as something else to by-pass eBays US embargo on Cuban coins. :D [IMG] I also bought this...
I got this 1806 pure copper Penny last week, it was encrusted in hard green verdigris. I used a wooden cocktail stick to push off some of the...
The last biggest seizure were from Italy, they caught millions of them before they got into circulation. Illegal immigrant east European gangs are...
Those are Irish defaced coins not British, I never did find them, I must have destroyed them.
LOL, I should have read the papers before posting...
I saw this on the news earlier but can only find this bloomberg article for now...
This coin was not struck like this it has been altered, coins with KKK or Palastine Liberation Front or many of the other banned terrorist groups...
The RIRA is an outlawed organisation in the UK, Eire and the USA, having worked out there at the beginning of the troubles and witnessed their...
No benefit to you whatsoever, however it fills the coffers of eBay for virtually no effort.:)
I stopped paying the ISVF about 5 years ago, If you list with Worldwide Shipping, the ticky box says "Will ship Worldwide" then items are listed...
I know of 5 other sellers who will be calling ebay within the next 24 hours about this problem as I told them their items were not visible, the...
I just got off Live Chat and after explaining everything and giving them a link to this thread they believed me, this was the reply. "Thanks fof...
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