And in 2005 you said: Howdy knowtracks - Welcome to the Forum !! You'll likely get varied responses to this question - but in my opinion a coin...
That mark was just me drooling.
I don't know, seems like an outrageous hobby to me, if you got the bucks. I repeat, a guy that likes nude women can't be all bad.
I have the feeling that these would be big-ticket items, very expensive. I think there are some private mints out there who will strike coins or...
Really feel for you. It took me almost two years and I had to change fields. The money has to be kept as a cushion for the time you might need...
Distilled water is distilled water. Purified water etc. don't cut it. If you want distilled water (no residue) you have to buy distilled water.
The thread that wouldn't die!!!
Wow, people are really in love (or hate) with cleaning coins. In the case of many ancient coins that are encased in crud, cleaning is necessary....
Me chemist too, Me splain, Absorption - taking water into the interior like a sponge. Adsorption - forming a surface layer of something through...
As Jack Nicholson said in "Five Easy Pieces", "I fake a little Mozart, you fake a little emotion". I don't think he really meant a patina, but...
LN2 is neet stuff, I used to play with it.
Cleaning (Gasp) of Coins It was interesting to see mention of a freeze/peel method. I searched it on Google and came up with this:...
7.85 million http://www.silvercoinstoday.com/worlds-most-valuable-coin-1794-flowing-hair-silver-dollar/102384/
Not an entrant, but reading these stories brings back such memories. I am 66 and don't remember a time when I was not collecting coins. It has...
I'll not be lazy and will answer my own question: http://www.supercoin.com/iketypes/
Are those collectable? OMG, I AM a coinhollic. I have been all my life since I can remember (I'm now 66) and probably will be until I die....
Gotta ask, what is a T2?
I actually saw a couple of words in the second paragraph and was wondering why anyone would want to melt down Susan B's.
I'm not in the contest, but am reading some of the entries. One reminded me of one of my old stories. When I was in elementary school our class...
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