I have several. Here is one of mine, not near as good as most. [ATTACH]
Mercury was quite readily available back in the 40's and 50's. We called it "quick silver" and we didn't know how poisonous it was.
The temptation here is like quitting smoking. With the new reverse next year we will be tempted to get just one more. I hope I can resist both...
I have all the modern commemoratives up 2018 - terminated the run. I will terminate the ASE run at the end of 2020. I have all but the one in 95 I...
I have one innovation dollar, the first one. I bought a roll of each so I could include one in each set for my 20 great grandchildren. I never...
The first one below is a fully silvered campgate. It is a silver wash that was very difficult and slow to clean and save the thin silver finish....
I noticed that there are 3 staples and they line up in support of the claim. Unless the OP moved the coin between shots, it looks genuine. But,...
It is part of the minting process. The specifications were not complied with. The inspection of incoming product failed to catch the material...
On some I have used Ren Wax. But, I have them in 2X2's and in an album.
You can use Ren Wax for smoothing.
I have 2 microscopes that I work with. One gets me very close. Couldn't work without it.
That is my kind of fun. I am sort of a collector. But, I am only interested in the cleaning, identification and attributing. I have finished my...
Take it out of the holder. The cyclophane is distorting the image. And it looks like woodgrain.
Looks like an 09 S VDB. Is that right?
Welcome to CT. They are fun and there are a lot of them out there. Some members collect them. Watch for them. I save all of them I see.
Not so unique. There are many of them around with varying stamps.
I just looked at the US Mint page and the S Mint is available for $73.
No, as I understand they are replicas not damaged.
My first thought was N W Territories, given the canoe and the lake.
Keep in mind when you consider material from imitation "mints" that someday a child, grandchild, great grandchild or someone else in your lineage...
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