Duke, great reply! I'm going to print that and give it to her when I return the notes. Thanks my friend.
Please read all my posts, apparently you missed the post where I said the process is completely natural. The toning with VT is the exact same...
Give them to a family member. I took the notes to my local dealer last night. He said the $1 note was AU-50 and told me he'd pay $50 for it. The...
I forgot to comment on this. No fluid came in contact with this coin. Any spots or "droplets" were present before the testing. Hydrogen sulfide is...
I can't figure out how to end the poll so here's the final results: AT - 3 NT - 16 (76%) Unsure - 2 I'd still like to hear from the folks that...
Mark - The product is still in it's early stages of testing. As we all know, silver responds very well to H2S. I will get to testing some silver...
Thanks Doug. I knew there'd be mixed feelings about it. Personally, I don't like retoning coins either but there's no stopping it. Like it or...
WOW Jim! That ROCKS! Nothing wrong with getting a ton of the lowest mintage Memorial cent! Looks like opportunity to pull some gem coins out of...
OK, time for the controversy! LOL This coin was fairly, harshly cleaned. If you look close, you can see some light hairlines on the obverse. Why...
That guy is a crack smoker.
Die deterioration doubling, very common on 92's, not worth any premium. Here's the best one I've found.
COOL! Thanks for sharing your results. I love seeing customer pics! When you run into the really thick stuff, try putting a few drops of VC on...
My advice as a chemist.....NEVER use ammonia on coins, especially proofs. NEVER, I don't care how diluted it is. Really, this thread is becoming...
Another left/right scroll thread! :mad: Come on people....crop those pics!
Thanks everyone! Erie Kalamazoo
Water is no good, you must use acetone. The finger prints are still there, they are largely insoluble in water.
1923, no fold, no tears, clean corners. I would guess MS-63/64? All of them were stored in wax paper between two pieces of cardboard, then put...
More. The one dollar appears mint state, it's still crispy.
I'm only a coin collector, I don't know squat about these. A friend of mine found these while clearing out a deceased friends estate and asked me...
I think it's a bug with IE. Whatever it is, it's VERY annoying having to scroll left and right!
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