I've gotten in the habit of giving a soak in acetone for a few minutes to any raw silver coin that I buy. PVC is almost ubiquitous. Check your...
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I have zippo interest in these and virtually all mint issued commems. However, I hope those who buy them for a quick flip are successful beyond...
Well, at least they didn't call it tooled. "cleaned " is not always the kiss of death. If you don't see patches of hairlines with a point...
the only thing I might do differently would be to bathe in an alkaline solution (baking soda in distilled water) after the post dip rinse (to...
some very nice trade dollars in this thread! Let's keep it going! Here are some of my recent acquisitions: 1877-s, repunched date (second 7)...
thanks for the link to TDN's site. So, it appears there were a total of 8 pairs of dies sent to CC! He lists 3 known mintmark impressions, with...
Well, I started it after buying a couple of fake TD's off eBay, to help others. I got out of numismatics for several years, and may have gotten a...
Rusty, sorry if I contributed to throwing your back out. Breen is a weighty tome indeed. I have some new TD purchases and could post them if you...
Just to clarify a point: I said there were 4 reverse dies. Are you saying there were more than that? thanks
Sorry, my memory was faulty. after looking at my notes I see that you are correct. I retract my previous comment. Thanks for pointing out my...
I disagree. There are 4 reverse dies for this issue and I believe that this is one of them .
Oh, and that 1873-cc on the previous page, from 2013? It looks genuine to me.(but cleaned) There are a number of different mintmark positions...
I'm glad this thread is still being helpful! Another good reason to be careful about raw Trade Dollars is that even if genuine a lot of higher...
Nice to see that this thread still has some value to that tiny community interested in trade dollars!
I used EZ est to remove the AT from 2 "clorox toned" coins that were a deep purple black. I diluted it with an equal amount of distilled water,...
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Lovely patina on those. I like the subtle color.
I like the strike and crust on that dime! Nice!
Hi Eduard, I have a 70-cc dollar too. The first dollars struck at the CC mint. I communicated with the owner of one of the first 3 coins off the...
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