You soak the whole coin. The acid used attacks the copper more readily than the coppernickel. Vinegar would work.
That was why I changed my post, but apparenly not fast enough. I missed that it was a half cent and tried attributing it as a Sheldon variety....
Never mind.
Yes it is a type 2 hair, and appears to be a S-187.
But that won't get them off the hook selling counterfeits because counterfeits can't pass valid legal title to the item. (now if you examine the...
On the reverse there may be a retained cud left of cents, and possibly a rim cud at 5:00. But with all the post strike damage the coin is...
During my years as a collector I have have many lists of "coins I will never own". The surprising thing is how many of them I now own today.
A word of warning, if you use the rock tumbler, leaving it running out in the garage. Those things are NOISY.
1817 N-10 late die state, R-1
I'm wondering how they knew the 1872 two cent was a proof in that condition
How does the diameter compare to a normal quarter? Exactly the same size or slightly smaller? I'm betting on smaller. If it was missing both...
Not if it is copper. Want is the diameter? I found three possibilities for foreign coins struck by the US Mint, French Indo-China 1 centime 26...
Q David Bowers noticed the High D several years ago on a circulated coin and it peaked is interest so he made a $1,000 offer for the FIRST...
Not an off-center, uncentered broadstrike. But they are still quite rare. Striking errors like this are much rarer after 2002. If this quarter...
Never. In fact with everyone wanting MS-70's or 69's they can even cause a value DROP. Many people chasing these "near perfection" coins...
Just lack of enforcement.
And have you ever seen what happens at a shop when they buy someone's clad set that was put together by cutting up mint sets? They tend to pop...
With "carbon spots" yes. (little dab of organic mater that decomposes and the organic acids cause halo toning in different shades of brown around...
Looks like a genuine California Fractional.
But most likely this fake IS gold. It hasn't been since the first fake slabs started showing up back in 2007.
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