It looks like silver oxide which is a black color and will form on silver objects. Other than that, it seems to have a lot of just dirt. Soak in...
How refreshing, most everyone else on here knows everything :-) Welcome to CoinTallk, ask away.
Actually that smile thing is kind of sad. I did a quick Google Image search and did not find one at all. Actually for antique furniture, it can...
Could I get one shiney without having the details removed, and some pickles on the side.
I really do not find this coin that attractive. I would call it tarnished instead of toned. Let me re-ask the knowledgeable people out there if...
I went to a CoinStar machine recently, but someone had rigged up a shotgun to it with a sign that said "If you touch this, the gun will blow your...
OK, here's the deal. Precious metals are normally weighed in Troy weights. A Troy ounce is 31.1035 grams. Cheese, feathers and other items of...
Even more if there is a good market!
I succumbed to the e-bay bug and bought a lot of two resonable shape morgans and four franklin halves for $109.
Preserving Our Heritage! Never clean these, it destroys their value. [ATTACH]
Inside a CoinStar Machine Photo of the inside of a CoinStar Machine.
And some people think coin collectors are weird!
Probably not Japanese, Chinese and Japanese share many characters, but my wife tells me the character on the left is Enjoy, but the translation...
Yeah, you are right, I was just thinking to let the experts get some just deserts, but they would undoubtedly sell it to someone as genuine.
"You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes well you might find You get what you need"
[ATTACH] This is the "Gold Penny" or "Gold and Silver Penny" experiment. Have run it many times. The cent is plated with a thin plating of zinc...
If you want to try and get some of your money back, take it to the dealers, tell them you bought it at a flea market and offer to sell it to them....
As far as "cleaning" or "conserving" that flying eagle (one of my favorite coins): The green color you see is a patina that has progressed too...
So you should do this for all coins that did not come directly from the mint?
Not really an error collector, but I think this is what is called a "cud". Carries some premium, but don't give up your day job. Look it up on...
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