Acetone should not be used in an open container. It evaporate rapidly and will redeposit any dissolved residue right back onto the coin.
PVC plasticizer residue contains hydrochloric acid, it's the acid that causes the damage. Because the coin was exposed so long to the acid, it has...
Neither does the 9 nor the 4.
The chinese fakes are horribly done, easy to spot.
Nice find!
When using Kroger fuel points I take my SUV and one of our other cars up at the same time. That way I can use the full 35 gallons! :) With this...
I like it! It has character!
Yes, struck-through cloth soaked in an unknown chemical (less likely) or perhaps something corrosive was stuck to the coin for a long time and...
The look of it suggests chemical exposure, likely the main contributor to the toning. Further substantiated by how it appears to run on the coin,...
I've found that hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid) works but I prefer nitric acid (by far the best). You also just apply via a tiny drop to the...
64RD
That pretty well sums it up. They didn't know!
The age of the coin has nothing to do with die state. All that matters is the number of coins minted using a specific die set. Dies go though a...
Sweet coin but it screws up the pop reports! LOL
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Appears to be PMD IMO.
PMD or an attempted alteration in the MM area. IMO, the coin is worth 5 cents or so.
LOL...just checking, hard to tell. Rice is a good desiccant!
Very cool!
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