Very thin silver coin (Swabia Germany area?) 13th - 14th Century Hand Heller
Hello moot1, First, welcome to the CoinTalk forum. :smile :welcome: The advice from Topcatcoin is good but perhaps you could post a photo...
A Beauty I hope others will read the good advice given in this thread. The coin is an attractive antique AU lady with some healthy skin. I hope...
Here is an 1853 Chilean coin & an 1888 copper coin from the Belgian Congo.
Of course, our Sun is a star.:D Shall I post some Central American Republic coins depicting the Sun device? :devil:
The little spot at the ninth star is the gunk that fell-off the coin. I took the photo prior to removing the gunk.
Perhaps you guys with more gold experience can chime-in on this one. I just bought this quarter eagle ($2 ½) for just a little over spot. I...
Here is a CT thread describing cleaning of copper. This thread was posted only a couple days ago. http://www.cointalk.com/t223316/ IMO, amateur...
With some help of a Dremel tool these four Ikes could fit. :rolleyes:
Sometimes what is exposed under the dirt (toning, pitting, discoloration, etc) is better left unseen. :yes:
You can do an advanced search at CoinTalk (upper right of this screen) and search for the word "cleaning". You will find several pages of threads...
Big opportunity to ruin your coins by improper cleaning Please delay any type of cleaning until you have had an opportunity to learn more...
Tissue paper allows you to see which coins contain silver The silver coins are easy to detect if you view the pages through a piece of tissue...
Awesome. I am keenly interested in the 40 errors. I remember seeing several in your posts at CT. :smile
I wish you :smile and your coin collection :smile a safe trip to Canada. BTW, today it is 0 degrees C and 92% humidity in Montreal. :D
The 1950-D cannot be a proof coin. No proof manufacturing was performed in Denver. The two nickels appear to be nice high grade coins. However,...
Hello Coingeek12, I suspect that the pattern on your cent is post-mint ink. Look closely at the pattern & how it is affected by the struck...
#1 Can you post a series of photos depicting the coin here? I think everyone at CT would like to offer grade opinions based upon photos. #2...
Was it a fair price to pay? There is one coin that I will probably upgrade. The 1977-P is UNC but it is heavily bag marked. Perhaps one of you...
Some conscientious collector had taken some time to fill the book with nice looking examples & now I get to benefit from all his/her work. :smile...
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