Attended my local coin club meeting last night and one of the members was auctioning off a stereo microscope. Bidding started at $20 and after...
Thanks for the fracture surface photo. You can't always tell if the structure is porous from a fracture surface, but I agree that this one look...
Can you get a nice photo of the fracture surface?
I know. I was referring light-heartedly to the one some people use to make other liquid products, usually kept far away from prying eyes and thus...
Yikes. Maybe don't do it in your kitchen? How about out in the woods? You know, next to the still?
Here's a decent No Drapery 1838 with a repunched 1, although it isn't dramatic. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I vote for S.
A lower-grade raw CC with a nice die crack through the lower portion of the date. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Maybe one last post on the use of acetone: I've been using it in my home machine shop for over 30 years, primarily as a degreaser for machined...
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This one was given to me by a friend who knew I was looking for a nice proof Franklin for the type set. I didn't photo it very well. All the...
I'm curious as to the cost of the lab-grade acetone. Is the difference like that between Smirnoff and Absolut? or more like the difference...
I would ask: How much trust the manufacturer/distributor? If it's from anywhere outside the US or Canada, I wouldn't believe it at all. Plus,...
Use glass and if the lid has a plastic or any kind of elastomer seal, remove it before using it or test it against the acetone. Anything other...
Back in those days, the date was punched into the hub or working dies with either individual punches or some type of gang punch. The gang punch...
Yeah, but it's marked down 22%. Who could resist?
It's nice to have high standards but those photos look pretty darn good to me.
That's a nice looking coin. It has a few issues but I don't think they are serious, at least to my eye for a circulated coin. I don't know how...
I was going through some old stuff today and found two 1962 Canadian silver dollars that I had put away when I was 8 or 10 years old. At that...
Short answer is yes. Longer is that I use the little spiral-bound Red Book because it's easy to carry. Then I have the Mega RB because it has a...
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