ARE YOU REALLY 83 YEARS OLD?
This is something @Fred Weinberg could comment on. Not sure if it could be Die Deterioration or Machine Doubling that affects only the mintmark.
Send me a dozen, I'll PM my address :)
gotcha...pretty money
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pictures?
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The "ancient" guys on here are a fantastic reference AFAIK. I am really interested to find out if your fob is an authentic coin...hope it is.
I remember reading about a stupid magic trick around 1970. Tell someone to pull a nickel from their pocket and after a few magic passes, proclaim...
Die chip?
The denizens of the dark side have infected me and I would love to have an Athena Owl coin and a turtle, but EXPENSIVE
To me that is just a tad too orange.
hahaha... 5 year old thread..BTW welcome to CoinTalk
That is one of the problems of over cleaning circulated coins. Sometimes circulated coins just have some grunge or something that keeps them from...
Depends on who your grandpa is...:)
I don't agree, it is hard to evaporate and can be absorbed through the skin. Avoid!
Never wipe, this just scoots dirt around to scratch the coin. Rinse with whatever pure solvent you wish, including water. Instead of wiping dry,...
No, olive oil is acidic. Look up what the constituients of it are. Just because you think something is not acidic doesn't make it basic...there...
Actually I have done that and if you remove all traces of the salt and vinegar through THOROUGH rinsing, there is no residual damage.
At the Univ. of KY while I was an undergraduate student, they had a neutron activation apparatus that was probably the best in the United States....
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