Still a cool find. At best, you might get a buck or 2 on ebay. Dealers wouldn't be interested. Even knowing that, if I found it, I would put it...
Sorry, but it's just a worn 1945 Cent. At some point after it was minted the "I" was damaged so it isn't a mint error (Machine Crimping the end of...
Bad plating jobs are relatively easy to spot, but it's not obvious from your pics. I am leaning towards plating as well. One way to tell if it's...
I really should get around to taking some pics of my metal notgeld. I have over 270 different towns and probably 550-600 different types....
I got about 25 in a bulk lot for about $4 ea in the 90's. Kept about a dozen diff and sold the rest at the coin club for about $6-$7 ea.
EZest contains Sulfuric Acid. I don't like mixing ammonia and acids so i would stay from that (I'm too lazy to work through the chemistry and I...
I am still a big fan of using distilled water to rinse. Tap water has dissolved solids and other assorted chemicals that can remain on the coin...
I understand if you don't trust people like Boltzmann, Lewis, Pauling, et al. Sooner or later, someone from CT will post some fuzzy pics from a...
It looks like it took an acid bath. I think a die adjustment would have sharper fields with mushy high points
I stuck with ceramic engineering so anything under 1300C is cool (temp wise). The fun stuff doesn't start until 1700-1800C. By then, all the...
A 90% silver planchet should weigh 12.50 gms and normal 1965 40% silver weighs 11.50 gms. It isn't unusual for the 40% coins to look like it is a...
Very Nice find. Not worth a fortune but you can definitely find a buyer. Some of the error experts can chime in on the value
Not second or third hand information. It's basic chemistry. Acetone is a solvent because its molecule has a charged end. The energy in the...
Chemistry says NO. See post 3 and 5
Go ahead and post them. There are lots of helpful people on CT (and a few knuckleheads :confused:). Post each individually, try to get clear...
Don't forget about clubs like EAC. There will be others who are interested in Braided Hair Cents and probably have been at it for a long time....
It really looks like someone was messing with it. More than likely, a plating experiment gone bad. Either someone trying to make a fake copper...
Die crack, but no doubling. Cracks this size really don't have a premium, but I still save them when I find them
It is hard to tell the relief from your pic but I'm seeing a dent in the head. Assuming there is a dent it is either a strike through of PMD....
Cool find, but probably only worth a a couple bucks retail. Pricing on errors isn't my specialty, but since none of the error specialists have...
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