The problem is with the focus and how close you can get. I stink at taking pictures, NUMEROUS attempts and few to none successes. The easiest...
Hey, it is OK to feel good about the distinction, and there are obvious benefits. It doesn't make you a better person or anything like that, but...
Thanks. If you successfully toned the coin and carried it in your pocket, the toning would wear off fairly quickly unless you carried it in an...
Cleaning coins has been compared to many things from fixing up a classic car to women applying make-up. Points well taken include the fact that...
Mint State or MS refers to uncirculated coins, starts at MS60 and goes up to MS70 for an allegedly "perfect" coin.
Considering the many corrosion bubbles evident, it looks like one came up beneath the mint mark.
Looks to me like some kind of gas trapped under the cladding.
[IMG] Originally Posted by Kentucky [IMG] It might be interesting to try it, but the admonition to use distilled water (or deionized water -...
Heating a coin can be done in more than one way. Being heated directly in a flame makes it hard to control the exact temperature and it is...
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