I don't know why anyone would use cobalt chloride as a desiccant when there are ample, cheap, commercial desiccants in the marketplace. Even...
In full red and struck that as well as Lance's they are.
Agree, doubled die.
I don't blame the TPG's for not wanting to put it into a clean slab. The TRUST die chip is very unusual, I've never seen that in an authentic...
AU (barely) details The smashed MM makes it tough - that die chip is a very important diagnostic. Can you see ANY remnant of it? They'd have to...
Probe a couple of the reverse blobs gently with a toothpick - are they hard or soft? That's a curious looking problem. Appears to be organic, I...
Looks like a very nice VDB, the pictures show the luster well.
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Looks like dehydrated verdigris, ready for the next step.
No, just go to any flower shop and ask for a trimmed few stems. Tell them what you're after, they'll give them to you. They throw them away!
Thanks....coin porn: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Depends on what it looks like and is it slabbed? Copper or zinc? Without seeing it,...
I only looked at the first two pictures and thought....wow, that's a nice MS toner. Then I see the talk of proof and the PCGS photo....hummmm.
Now, that's a serious collector....sacrificing body for coin. LMAO! :p The verdigris is primarily light, I think you'll get most of it.
It's a copper plated zinc coin, the plating was stripped off post-mint. PMD
Cartwheel luster, it's all in the cartwheels.
Insane 10S! LOVE IT!
PMD, looks like solder or weld.
No, that's a mid-die state coin. This is die deterioration: [ATTACH]
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