It's not a "key date", marketing crap. Nobody knows the exact mintage of each type (zinc/copper). As I recall, the Mint simply kept track of how...
Here's an example of the grade I seek for my roll set collection: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These are really tough to find in 66/67...
Most people think the SDZ 82P is the hardest of them all. However, I have a BU roll set collection and it's almost impossible to find the SDC 82P...
WAM, EF40 or so.
PMD
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Good move, buy yourself a problem-free example and avoid headaches.
Not thinking about theft, it would be easy to lose by accident.
Pretty risky pocket piece to carry around! :eek:
Investor or collector? Generally, coins do not make very good investments.
You're welcome! It works well on really old, tight coin tubes too.
Heat it with a hair dryer.
I use a very simple system and consider my pictures just "good enough" for the web.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The 1909 VDB's look good, the 39S appears to have been plated with something.
Search for forum for "cleaning" and you'll find a wealth of information.
Luster is created during the striking process (stamping). The metal actually becomes liquid (high temperature and pressure) and it's the flow...
Verdigris is ANY type of copper corrosion. I hate the term "bronze disease", it's not a disease, it's copper corrosion and, therefore, verdigris....
Massive would be the correct word. The handheld instruments are but toys. To make it simple to understand, the SEM has up to 120,000x mag and I...
The problem with using scientific method is that it is very expensive. I have a $250,000+ SEM-EDXRF in my lab but it's fairly time consuming to...
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