Nice! Yours looks a lot better than mine. I collect currency from that part of PA, as thats where my wife is from. Have my eye on a few nice ones...
I've never tried dipping a coin. I have cleaned silver before and have used tarn-x dip and it worked really great. Not sure how it might work on a...
I'm partial to a good guacamole, or a nice spicy green chili dip, but I can't see how that might benefit a coin's appearance. Sorry, the holidays...
Great write-up. It brings another question to mind. Is silver sulfide acting in the same way as copper oxide in that it's a natural progression of...
Was just looking at the very same coin this morning in the auction catalog. Wish I had the cash for that one! Guy~
Nice group of coins, but a lot of verdigris. Guy~
Hmmm, not really a bargain hunter when it comes to coins, but I suppose the 1913 type 1 Buffalo nickel, NGC MS 67 rainbow toner I bought from my...
I've found but didn't bother to keep a few 09 dimes and one nickel in change. Both dimes came from a Walmart in Cedar City, UT and the nickel from...
Doug said it best. I've always gotten great buys at Heritage. But to me a great buy is a coin I wanted at the going rate, or a fair price. You're...
I don't know enough about that coin series to voice an opinion on authenticity or not. Whether or not you "stole" it from the seller at such a...
Most full time dealers I know don't have the time to sit around and browse forums all day. My friend spends 12 hours a day managing his two shops,...
Maybe it's just the way the pic is taken, but to me it looks like the die was on it's last legs because it looks as though the coin has the...
Hey thats a great start! I think if you keep to the quality you have so far you'll have a super nice type set any collector would be proud of....
Ok, so I guess my question is, did you return the coin because you didn't like it, or because the shop owner didn't like it? I wouldn't recommend...
I agree, it will be nice to see that horrible memorial design finally retired from the cent. I won't collect them, but my change will look a bit...
The old coin is much nicer, in my opinion. First off, the black toning on the reverse is, like you said, distracting. But the iridescent colors...
That 25 is really nice! I love how they sometimes dual tone like that. I recently picked one up with a soft blue on the obverse and a nice green...
That is hard to answer. I've sat by the vault and browsed through boxes of coins at my friend's shop. Some boxes may only contain a few thousand...
Never tried a misspelling search like that, but may have to just to see. Sometimes I'll just type in "old coins" or something along those lines....
Well, 39's aren't war era nickels, and that $100 seems awfully high for a common nickel that sells for between 2-4 dollars apiece in MS64. It's a...
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