I like the idea and I hope it works in the long run. It would be great if Ebay used experienced coin people to help weed out all the obvious...
The largest silver coin that I have ever seen is the 1975 20 Pa'anga coin from the small Island nation of Tonga in the South Pacific. It was a...
Did you use it on silver coins ?
That's how I got back into the coin collecting addiction. My family is from Sicily and just for the Hell of it, 6 years ago I bought a silver...
I keep a little toothpick dispenser on my desk for just taking coins out of cardboard flips. Wood toothpicks are safe, sharp and quick to cut...
When I get a coin in a stapled cardboard flip, I use a wood toothpick to pierce the Mylar film, remove coin and put it into a double pocket 2x2...
If you have a "Michael's" craft's store in your area, they sell these small, clear glass jars with air tight glass lids that are perfect for...
Acetone is not going to hurt silver coins. I have had 200 year old silver coins in acetone for a month with no adverse effect. If anybody has any...
What a nice coin find. And you probably paid her more than a coin dealer would have. My experience with Acetone is that it's relatively harmless...
Not that I'm trying to sell one, it's that some of the rare 300+ year old Italian and Sicilian silver coins that I'm looking for survived all...
If a rare silver coin has XF details but there is a small mounting hole from having been used as a pendant. How much will that typically hurt the...
Nice price tag on that rascal :)
Maybe I missed seeing it but are there any 1965 dated dimes, quarters, halves minted in 90% silver, by error ? There had to have been a few silver...
Here in Calif. a super lucky couple found a hoard of American gold coins in what looked like old paint cans buried on their property. I think it...
When you have 300 year old silver coin that has toned black, is there a dip that can handle that.
Thanks Kurt, wherever you are. I wonder if these Kodak chemicals are still around. Time for a Google search.
I've read about the use of Ezest for dipping silver coins but does anyone have experiences with the other Silver dips like Connoisseurs, Goddards,...
Thank God for Ebay. :) I know it can be a mine field, but for a niche collector like myself it's the only place I can find what I need.
What a great time to be collecting coins.
Back in the late 40's-50's did you still see very many IHC's ? how about the Barber silver coins ?
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