Primarily copper acetate, nickels are 75% copper as I recall.
Even nicer woody than the other one! I think I can see a bit more luster on this but PCGS hates wood.
Cool woody!
The retail price of 5 cent each for wheats has been the same forever.
Ouch! First one I've seen that had that much luster and then got knocked to a 65.
Dang, gut was telling me the correct grade but I got it wrong.
Life has my super busy my friend! Good to hear from you.
I like the ring type airtites too.
CHACHING! I'm rich! I have some BU rolls!
Agree...however, I have made a few exceptions when handling high dollar proofs simply as added insurance. Even then, I still rinse them with...
Yes, I have opened many corroded OBW rolls. I blame the keepers more than the paper. It's important to store paper rolls VERY well protected from air.
Now that was a cool experiment! Thanks for sharing it Doug. The key to his storage was keeping everything dry. The aluminum simply provided an...
It's more a shower than a bath. LOL I simply hold the coin by the edges (no gloves) and rinse both sides with reagent grade acetone using a...
It's red because the coin was harshly cleaned which exposed some metal.
I first blow out any dust from both halves of the airtite. Then I rinse the coin with acetone, transfer to a Kimwipe and put the coin into the...
Very nice coins!
The 43's are not worth the effort of cleaning. You can buy a decent mint state set for cheap.
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