You would not refine the brass back into copper. You would just add more pure copper to it to bring the overall composition of the melt back to...
I don't think it was safe to make that assumption and other than X115 no one offered suggestions related to the actual question. My comment was...
The real answer is that you should always try the gentlest methods first and usually the first thing you want to try is to just dissolve the...
What he has is a generic wedding token. It was designed by Pingret but there is no telling who made it. It was NOT struck in the New Orleans...
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My understanding is that the casings that were actually recycled came from domestic training ranges not from combat. If some of the coin club...
He asked about cleaning not removing scratches.
Maybe two sets, the ones who went to war and the ones who stayed home :) Seriously this could be a very nice set, and since none of the coins are...
While they were made from recycled shell casings, I don't believe they were made JUST from recycled casings. The casings probably just made up...
The picture of the reverse instantly nails it as a very late stage of C-6 This variety is often collected by die stage and there are somewhere...
It was proposed for the 50th anniversary of the founding of NASA in 2008. We got the 2008 Bald Eagle and I don't believe they filled the second...
I think you are confusing it with the 1870-S half dime. That was the "story" about how it was discovered. (How come I never find Mint State half...
Mine aren't very nice but I have three of the four chain cent varieties and one of the wreath cents. I don't expect to ever own a liberty cap but...
The 1856 was a pattern. The design was not adopted until February 1857. The 1856 is so much more expensive than the rarer 1854 and 1855 flying...
I'm old school, I use cotton lined 2X2 paper envelopes.
Very nice. I've found a lot of rarer pieces unattributed but I've never found an S-171 in the wild. That obv cud just makes it too identifiable....
On the Barber reverse ONE DIME is slightly smaller making it further away from the wreath (specifically look at the distance of the E in ONE from...
The NGC guarantee specifically exempts attributions from the guarantee. PCGS specifically includes attributions but has the same mechanical error...
You haven't met me yet. I have a set of them but the only reason I put it together was because I already had built sets of Jeffersons, V nickels,...
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