This is what I use and a close-up of the lamp:
I completely understand that. One of the reasons I'm not a huge slabbed coin collector, it tends to monetize coins too much and then collectors...
That coin doesn't fit your collection. Are you having a tough time finding a bn toner?
Classic red
1932
Keep your mouth shut....NEVER reveal your secrets to dealers or they'll use it against you later. It's always best to let them think they are the...
Thanks....you mean a wallet hemmorage. LOL
It's soooooo easy and cheap to take coin pictures. I'm using an old Canon SD700IS by hand along with a $25 desklamp from Lowes. I liked the old...
Me three! It's a VERY sweet coin!
The truth is that most dealers don't care about varieties unless they fall into the handful of well known types. They usually buy them by accident...
One additional way....since the corrosion is usually iron oxide (rust) when the zinc has been breached, is to use a chelating agent like EDTA....
WOW! Eye poppers! The 31D is THE BOMB! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: The reverse of your 31-S looks to have the same sort of toning that my 31-D has on...
And of course....gotta have wood for every year. :D
How about a toner? Interesting, this coin is brown straight on, but things change quick at angles and when you shift the lighting around.
Got this one for G money, it was in a fire....sad story.
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1931....lets just start with the key!
I cannot speak of other coins, but the 1943 steel cent is zinc plated and the steel itself would contain an insignificant level of copper.....so...
Verdigris is a problem with nickels, nearly as bad as with copper coins. I have also see other "non-copper" coins with verdigris since they...
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