I know what toning is. Its the reaction of the coin's metal with outside chemicals under certain conditions. Please do not assume I do not know...
You haven't dealt with ancients, have you my friend? Anyway, my thought it a dip would loosen up the silver adhering to whatever it is he chipped off.
Yeah, those minders can be a drag. Unfortunately I had mine along one time when I bought 500 LRBs, (I bought them in the office and brought them...
Corrosion on a modern coin? The coin is lost as far as value. To try to save it, have you considered dipping it? Dip was designed to remove the...
Ah, makes more sense. Yeah, MN is very much a socialist state. My firm has had many a run-in with MPCA. We own about 800 acres in NW MN in between...
Typo and was supposed to be a 50 D?
Last one looks like African slave bracelet. Its hard to tell though, could also be a copy of SE Asian proto-money.
I would say its shady if they didn't tell you that up front. If they had no sign saying that, I would demand my change back if it bothered you....
While clerks do not need to accept currency for a purchase, a bank refusing currency for a mortgage is technically a crime. All currency is legal...
That's usually my luck as well. I still remember a stock I bought in 2009. Sat on it for like 4 years and it didn't do much. I sell it and it...
Pretty typical. Most buyers and sellers have memories about 6-12 months long. If the price today is below that people buy and not sell, if above...
43 is a pretty large one. The largest come from year 12 or 13 generally. After that the plaque hit and they started to shrink again. I think my...
Most look like me, a bald middle aged man who hasn't been on a stairmaster in over a decade. :(
Given what ancient collectors look like typically, (no offense anyone), I sure as heck WOULDN'T want to see one. :P
Hopefully they can find another site that will enable them to move the show back into early December. It was a nice vacation to see NYC in the...
I do. I have a 8/16/32 power stereo microscope I use.
Of course most ancients are not "all original". The only coins that could ever be collectible straight from the ground are gold coins. EVERYTHING...
I would be with Bill. Liang was a smaller kingdom with usually cruder coins. Knowing that I am more comfortable with them, though not an expert.
If you have a choice between Europe and US shows for ancients, go to European ones. Much larger. There is a huge one in Germany every year. Maybe...
Um, you do know sir do you not that brass will not harm a bronze coin. Brass is much softer than bronze, so the brass at worst will leave brassy...
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