The Sac dollars have a clad layer of manganese and brass (copper/zinc). Brass is relatively resistance to tarnish, but the manganese causes much...
Search back for my thread where I used it on a large cent. The verdigris here appears to be "deep pitted", so it will be rather difficult to...
Deja vue I thought I had posted on this one, must be 2 threads. I said I thought it was machine doubling by the effects on the date ( photo 1) as...
I think it might be the "ebay" half commemorative, struck in 1936. Jim
AND for God's sake ( and your own), practice on common coins first. Jim
If anyone wants to experiment with Dellar's, they should put a small amount of it in a BIG glob of petroleum jelly and mix well. As it comes out...
Hello dcure, It seems to be a classic case of machine doubling, especially since the mint mark which was added separately until 1990 shows...
What I think is an excellent such book is " The Error Coin Encyclopedia" by Arnold Margolis and Fred Weinberg. It covers a huge range! Amazon...
More than likely, it wasn't visible when graded. I have seen many silver proofs start out clean and then small pinpoints of "milk" and then the...
Dimes are $250 box. Got one o look for any 2009 :(. Decided not to open more than 5 rolls. Nada. Jim
1911 Lincoln Matte proof 1,725 1912 Lincoln Matte proof 2,172 1909 Lincoln Matte proof 2,618 Jim
It will be interesting to see if the US will enact another Gold Reserve Act as was done in the early 30s if they feel the value of the dollar is...
If you really really want them, I think the only possible thing would be to ask "since he didn't have the ethics to sell at his contracted...
It so much resembles a " cut bezel" that jewelers can produce, but if the edge is an actual part of the coin and not added, the normal cutter...
What confuses me ( well maybe) is why buyers with 700,4200,5000+ feedbacks, and most feedbacks are in coins, would bite? it would be Bad Karma...
Why are you soaking it? Generally a few minutes at the most, although more important is rinsing it several times with straight acetone to remove...
After the market's action last thursday and friday and then the opposite yesterday and today, I started a long strangle on XLF as I expect...
Bowers seemed to think it was true. Looking at catalog sales then, it wouldn't be unreasonable for the time. I suspect the vast majority of coin...
In Bower's book on Abe Kosoff, Abe writes that in 1950, a man came into his gallery with a roll of Uncirculated 1909-S VDB cents which he bought...
One of the reasons I dilute is that there is more time to change positions. I use nitrile medical type gloves from the drugstore and hold by the...
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