I was just wondering since you said you had done this with your kids. I have never done this outside of a lab.
I often wonder what the vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell
A worn V-nic with some gold clinging to it...from a collector anywhere from nothing to maybe $1. On e-bay...whatever the market would bear.
Are you in chemistry some way? Yeah, hot sodium hydroxide is not something to play around with. I have had classes where almost all of the...
Hope springs eternal!
Just want to wish the OP all the best, hope for the best and expect the worst. Just wish you had posted here and waited awhile before sending it...
WHAT!!! Lead = 11.34 g/mL Gold = 19.3 g/mL not even close for horseshoes, much less nuclear weapons.
Haven't read all of this 10 page post, but would be interested to know your "extremely easy" way to make the zinc coated and brass coated cents....
Just as an add-on, it is of utmost importance that the cleaning solvents you use are pure and fresh. Had a REALLY bad experience with some bad...
I kind of like it that you classify ketchup as a harsh solvent...I always thought it was a vegetable.
Perhaps I am wrong, but I take luster to be the selective reflection of light from a coin such that when you rotate it in the light you get a...
Please don't get thin skinned, there are too many prima donnas on here as it is. Consider that we all mean you well.
Recently looking at Indian coins at a flea-market dealer, he had a 50 Rupee piece that I liked and was considering when another lookie-loo asked...
Let's get chemical. Since your coins are UNC, you REALLY don't want to rub them at all. We are then left with solvents. Acetone is usually...
Apparently they must consider their products coins except for "medals" for which they have a separate drop-down menu. Now I just have to decide...
I'll look again.
Looked at your link but could not find their definition of a coin. Perhaps you could help.
IMHO, the coin you have as avatar has luster. The coin you posted is shiny but no real luster.
To finish this out, e-bay sent a mailing label and I got my money back. BTW, the seller has listed two more "replica" coins he goes to great...
Only if you can take care of it!
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