That was a sold price. Looked for G-4 and G-6 realized prices and listed lowest first.
Actually not a bad looking coin. E-bay G-4 ICG about $600
A very tight fitting plastic holder... : - )
Not drinking, I hope. : - )
Once again, point well taken, but hopefully, passivated would include some modicum of protection against further reaction.
Granted, but I'm not talking about going as far as a patina, I would like to stop at the "passivated" stage.
With that in mind, it has been mentioned frequently that a freshly cleaned copper surface tends to be QUITE reactive. I think a thin copper oxide...
True, but the point I was making is the only thing you could get with your ingredients is some oxide of copper.
Lincoln looks like "The Most Interesting Man In The World"
Yeah, that one is nice!
Good grief people here have an odd sense of humor...thank goodness.
Uh...almost. If all we have is copper (Cu), air (O2 + N2) and water (H2O), the only thing we could form is some oxide of copper. To get...
Would love to see how this comes out. BTW, when you use EZest and you smell rotten eggs, that is pretty much the same process you are doing here...
Keep that thought foremost. My wife is not a fan of coins, but I say to her that it is an "investment" that will pay back at least something.
They might start the 2017's at $16.95
Hey, if anyone wants one of these beasts, PM me for my address and send me a self-addressed stamped envelope and you got it.
VerdiCare is great for verdigris, for larger scale treatment of a bunch of coins, consider:...
BTW, for the OP, the black looking background areas that show up in photos of proof coins are actually mirror fields that you can see your...
GO FOR IT...CAN WE ALL INVEST??
Thinking of fingerprints, last night's lab was paper chromatography with amino acids developed by ninhydrin reagent. Lo and behold, student's...
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