I've never had a lot of success with acetone removing haze on Ikes, I use a diluted ez-est. I know dip is a no-no, but it has worked for me in...
I can agree with that, but to me (and maybe it is just me) toluene STINKS. I find the odor rather unpleasant. I can get used to it, but I'd...
Struck through a planchet or late stage capped die, not sure which and it also shows a partial collar strike. Probably a tilted partial collar...
Actually they do, they put a very small amount of copper in it because it helps the copper plating to adhere to the zinc. The copper and zinc...
VERY nice broadstrikes.
Now you need one of the large size dollar bags that held $1000.
The thing is starting in 1942 and going through 1945 the nickels were made of 35% silver and ALL of them had a large mintmark over the dome to...
Before 1973 quite common, cameo and deep cameo proofs before 1973 are scarce to rare. After 1973 the mint began deliberately trying to make cameo...
Back when the mint made silver and gold for circulation, they had their own foundry for melting and recycling the webbing themselves. Once they...
Just stick around here and audit them.
Why do you want the toluene?
Unfortunately coppernickel can also have laminations.
Yes the dreck I collect I can now buy for pennies on the dollar, something like 120 pennies on the dollar.
Nope, those happened in August and the 1814 cents weren't struck until September and not turned over to the Mint Treasurer until October 27th.
The webbing was sold as scrap. (The mint no longer has the foundry that would be needed for melting it down and recasting) Usually the firms...
The software for my USB scope lets me just push a button on the keyboard and it captures the scope image that's on the screen. Better result than...
If you mean the edge is not the same thickness all the way around, look at a bunch of other cents (or other denominations) and you will see that...
Looks like a uniface casting.
Well I don't know about causing cancer, but I think we can definitely agree they are harmful to the environment.
Other than being harshly and abrasively cleaned it looks like a normal cent. The color makes me think it may have had the copper plating removed...
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