OK, you're the chemist and I'm smart enough to listen when knowledge speaks, so my "official" position on the matter is modified going forward....
And we need to face the fact that younger collectors are going to experience the hobby online, like they experience everything else, whether we...
Finally (at least for 1921-P), the VAM-41 twins, the poster children for pitted dies. VAM-41A: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 41B: [ATTACH]...
VAM-3F3: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] VAM-3N (this one's a toughie, near-impossible to see the little pitting): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
My first impression is, there's not_a_chance this one's real. The only details which seem "correct" to me are that the face and eagle are pointing...
I've had a couple of those wander under my lens. :) 1921-P VAM-3B: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] VAM-3C2: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Still winning. :)
Winning.
I can't speak for this place, but I'd guess my experience at another similar forum is equivalent - a quarter of their active membership is under...
The highest I've ever managed is a 65; I can't afford coins in higher grades given what I collect, and even if I did I'd probably keep them raw...
Your images lend an entirely different character to the MM than did the seller's. This obviously enhances KoinJester's rep, rather than offering...
These are the active ingredients in MS70 (the MSDS is freely available online; you can easily confirm this): 2-butoxyethanol Potassium Hydroxide...
That's interesting; you got me looking into the reaction to see how it worked that way. Thank you. It modifies my thinking on the subject.
Yeah, like that. :) There are things which require conservation to save the coin, like PVC, and other things (opinion) which if removed will make...
That creates something really flammable. Use a piece of glass as a cover instead.
"Cleaning" and "restoration" are two entirely different terms, separated by whether or not you can see the work was done afterward without...
I guess Insider mentioned MS70 as a solution for PVC (I don't know, I've had him on Ignore for a long time)? Don't believe him. MS70 contains...
Snerk. :) I'm really kind of surprised that this one hasn't answered your efforts in this long; even in the worst areas it should be seen to have...
The reason I use the Gimp is not because it's basic, but because it's by a wide margin the most sophisticated graphics software available in the...
We posted simultaneously. :) That stuff is as good as you need; it'll be pure acetone with only Denatonium Benzoate added for the offensive...
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