That's completely in your hands. If you follow Speedy's instructions, and totallyavoid rubbing the coin, there should be no effect on the metal....
It all depends on the bank's policies, practices, and source of coins. Many small to medium size banks get their coins from larger...
If you rephrase your question as "Which is worse, destruction or damage?" the answer is obvious. Corrosion can destroy a coin, cleaning damages it.
Why don't you quit holding back and tell us how you really feel Greg? :D
I can't buy the 1930 theory because 1924 was the final year of the easy-wear dates. Based on the rest of the wear, a recessed date would still be...
Let's clarify that a bit - Travers lists 12 coins which he believes are going to be great investments. What's his track record as an investment...
Oh yeah, [img] kid.
Since I'm new to this forum, I hope it's not presumptuous of me to start a thread. The "Interesting Find" from the Coin World forum had...
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Actually Becky pictures aren't necessary. As Aidan points out, the "New Penny" must be British, Eire is Ireland in Celtic, and the harp is on all...
Yes and no. I've never seen a scale capable of that kind of measurement for less than $75-100, and really good ones are even more than that. On...
Here are lightened images which are easier to read. I've also put the reverse right-side up. According to H.A. Ramsden, in his 1963...
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IMHO [img] Doug.
Looks to me like someone created a blank, perhaps on a railroad track, and then put it between two coins and used a big hammer, at least twice. :p
Shnagletooth and tfoth, I bid you both [img] to CoinTalk. Neither the thin gold plating used by HSN and the other "collectible" hawkers, nor...
It's a loooooooong way from the "other" Orange County. :p But then, if FUN is here, the February Long Beach show can't be too far behind. :D
[img] to CoinTalk Newbie. If your coin is exactly like the one you linked to, including the "D" below the wreath on the reverse, and if it is...
Well, the size pegs them as almost certainly 3 Kreuzer coins. The general designs are similar across several of the Austrian mints, the detail of...
Sizes and weights?????? The second one is similar to KM1861, a silver 15 Kreuzer Vienna Mint Austrian coin circa 1659-62, but not an exact...
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