Having been born in 1943 and starting my collecting in 1948 I was always watching for 1943 dated coins. My collection circulation coins. Coins I...
I find that Ren Wax will seal in some disease and allow them to continue working. You may have to come back later and remove the Ren Wax and...
Nice find. I hope it is authentic.
As I am cleaning ancients I first identify what I think the coin is. Then I print a representative coin and description on an MS Word document. I...
I don't want to hijack this thread. I do have a detailed accounting of how I managed to collect almost a complete 20th Century set of circulation...
You can get album pages for Airtites. I did that with my UNC ATB Quarter Set. [ATTACH]
Take the time now to familiarize yourself with available resources. Before you clean any coin you should have some idea of what you have. Did you...
I will help wherever I can. @Victor_Clark is a very good and trustworthy collector. There are many others. Spend time on this Ancient Forum and...
I have 200+ in one binder. I need to reorganize for sure. But, if you put a bulkier coin (any coin) in a 2x2 clear flip, the kind that folds over,...
@JDcompy I hate to make recommendations for fear they may backfire. I will risk one that I go to frequently. Nerocoins.com He is in Canada. I...
Not at all. The coin on my avatar is one I got from an uncleaned lot. at the time there was one known in the world. Mine made 2 known and is...
I have collected for 75 years and got to the point that there were no more chances to get circulation coins for my collection. The coins I would...
Here is a post I put out a while back. I think I covers my opinion of the coin and stamp hobbies today. 2023 is the 75th Anniversary of my active...
The one I posted above was in acetone for only a few minutes.
Here is one of mine that had glue on it. I soaked it in acetone and the glue came off easy. But, you can see that the surface under th e glue was...
Looks like foreign material of some kind. There seems to be another deposit just to the left in the photo.
@Broucheion and anyone else, I corrected the description for the second coin. I hope I made the right correction.
Thank you @Broucheion my cut and paste was sloppy. I will edit it.
US circulation grade coins and any ancient that I have to clean.
Too much toning for me. Makes it look artificial. JMO
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