I just sent $6 to Littleton for the last 3 presidential dollars from Philadelphia and Denver.
Welcome. Natural toning is often a good thing if it is attractive, and is usually best on uncirculated or nearly uncirculated coins. Try one...
Wow, interesting. Metal detecting in England appears not to be as regulated as it is in other countries where I have read that it is illegal.
Not since...............................................1960, and I think the 1960-P's too
Memory is the second thing to go...
Just don't drink it later. Not sure if lead ions in water do anything bad to coins.
I know, this was on craigslist in my area and he, at first, was asking a fairly high price, but now he has it asking for offers. I wouldn't mind...
I know I asked this once before, but don't remember any answers (senior moment). As a curiosity, what would these be worth (ballpark figures)?...
Is that another of those bar memories?
Memories from bars tend to go that way...
Depending on the fragility of the coin, I place it in the sink (on a wash cloth if you prefer) and run tap water over it (hot, then warm, then...
OK, I'm really bad about pictures but here is my steelie toner (trying to get the color and iridescence) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I never said that the A and M should be touching. If they are close but you are not sure, the FG is a marker to check.
Any pictures of that by any chance?
Agree, compare a REAL seeded roll... [ATTACH] The devil made me do it...
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Gotta do some stuff now, but later I will dig out my 1943 toner I fell in love with.
My favorite error has always been clipped planchets. They are MUCH easier to spot than most other errors and even non-coin collectors usually...
Interesting for this to come up. I was looking for the thickness of clad layers on the mint website and ran into just this question. Their...
So, let's see, 0.013 mm for the zinc plating is 13 microns (micrometers), so the penny has a thicker coating than the 1943 zinc cent has as a...
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