If you use unpowdered polyethylene gloves rather than nitrile or latex, nothing will be transferred. Some solvents will slowly soften it, some...
1865 plain five DDO FS-102 PCGS MS66RB CAC (whew!) I bought it several years ago realizing that it might be an unusual variety. Sent it in for...
Randy, perhaps your wife, child or friend could do the nasty deed for you out of sight and hearing? Safest way is with a pair of pincers...
What you should do to a coin to prepare it for a TPG depends on the condition of the coin. If it’s a coin obtained from a mint or one that has...
53 years ago, a 6 year old boy in Russia shoved a 1 kopek coin up his nose. He couldn’t get it out and was afraid to tell adults. He then forgot...
U.K. museums and research institutions get first preference for the finds if they can pay. Then other museums if they can pay. Price is set at...
The U.K. Treasure Law is about as fair as they come. Find a coin hoard in other European countries and all you'll get is a hardy handshake if you...
It wouldn’t make any sense for the finders to keep secretly any of the hoard. Once the coroner declares it treasure, the finders and landowner...
If you ship valuables very often, consider private insurance. You’ll have to pay an up-front annual fee, but after that, it’s cheaper than the...
Nice coins! The Kazakhstan mint is one of the best in the world but gets little attention in the West. It was started when the USSR broke up....
When I go to shows, one of the items in my walking around bag is a small roll of Scotch tape. If I get a coin in a stapled holder, I immediately...
Sorry to read what happened. Put them through several changes of acetone. Acetone will draw out all the water that’s not chemically bound …...
The easiest and cheapest to find in certified MS grades are the 20-franc rooster coins minted after 1905. Almost any dealer in world coins will...
Nice coin, Doug! Lucien Bazor, designer of the 1929-1936 100-franc gold coins, was obviously influenced by Adoph Weinman's "Mercury" dime...
The series is the art deco gold coins produced 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1936. See picture. Mintages in the first 3 years were very low but in...
I posted a pic on cointalk earlier this year. See...
Most PCGS slabs have a dot-matrix code on the edge. Put there by PCGS. I'm guessing it's an internal control code that allows PCGS to trace day...
The set is still available from the Royal Mint, royalmint.com. It’s a bit more expensive at £195 than what the US Mint was charging. Packaging...
Thanks for the info. How did you find out the times? Does the Mint post it or is it just trial and error? Cal
They're not minting more. The "new" medals are due to canceled and botched orders and returns of the original mintage. I've been told, but have...
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