HAHAHAHA...that's awesome! ....and it can be recycled!
Olive oil has ruined more copper coins that I can count. NEVER USE OIL ON A COIN.
Keep in mind that us collectors should consider ourselves as curators of collectibles for future generations. While you may never sell your...
That's basically inline with the thinking (folklore) that it's easy to get gem coins from mint sets because all mint set coins are nearly perfect....
Verdigris this thick will laugh at acetone Jim.
V nickels are 75% copper, the green is plain old verdigris, aka copper corrosion. Those old tubes are made of hard plastic, they contain no PVC....
About equal numbers of large/small data 1960D coins were minted. The 60D small date is not worth any more than the large date. Your grandfather...
Acetone is most definitely NOT carcinogenic.
It's just die fatigue, common on the branch mint coins.
AU slider, MS-63.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Excellent pictures! :cool: Of course, one should always include the standard over-head photos to go along with angled shots. My...
The odds of finding an 09VDB MP in circulation (or even in a dealers inventory) are about the same as you getting a free trip to the moon.
Now you see why I like Lincolns in ICG slabs....even the newer slabs. They are accurate at grading Lincolns. CONGRATS!
I'd say you were VERY lucky. Nobody knows how many of the 1960P small dates were minted, impossible to say.
Toning silver is easy - google hydrogen sulfide.
That's a clean break from what I can see, I don't see any saw or melt marks - intriguing. How did you obtain both halves?
That's an error - nice cud, a pretty rare one to boot.
Very nice....especially the FE!
Large date, easy to spot, the 6 is majorly different on the small dates. As suggested before, find a 60-D small date and use it to compare. The...
Plating issue, damaged.
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