Welcome to coin collecting and to CT. Coin albums are usually for circulating coins. Proofs are coins made by the mints as a specialty item for...
Are you talking about the reverse that seems to have a ghost "head". Could be a PIDT or Progressive Indirect Design Transfer where the die is...
There are lots of "safe" things, but they are all pure solvents and some are not as helpful as others. Water, acetone and xylene are the ones...
1776?
Are you questioning the sincerity of someone offering a trade?
So, @Insider is it an SMS coin?
I think you are looking at a lamination (or delamination) where the alloy mix didn't quite mix and caused part of the solid coin to separate....
Yup, high school science experiment.
Wow
Horse sense, like @eddiespin said, we have a buy/sell forum here where you would get a realistic price for your coins. On e-bay, who knows. To...
When we would go to Vegas, we'd stop by an Albertson's Grocery and get a dozen donuts to have in the room in the morning with...
May I make a suggestion that before sending a gift to your recipient, check out some of their posts and see what they are interested in.
Maybe I'm too late to help, but I just used a medicine dropper of 3% peroxide and a dropper of vinegar mixed in an old plastic yogurt cup, I then...
The Shield would be a good candidate to try the peroxide/vinegar technique on.
It would keep you in the loop for this post...
So, these are ones you actually bought?
They must have had a time when they could switch the old pesos for new...otherwise, how horrible!
...and not THAT much money...
Thanks Hunt...
Interesting exchange, @trussxx1 may I ask why you sent the coin in? The date and condition do not warrant slabbing it.
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