The stuff we used to buy is called "The Works", and it's 9.5% HCl, with water and some surfactants making the balance. I don't know what...
LOL, you make a good point. Maybe stackers should be pushing this physical-fitness angle...
It got hit on the star and the wingtip, but those are far from the worst things this coin has had to endure. Still, in a junk-silver lot, I'd take...
I'm totally stealing this. And maybe putting the couch out to the curb.
Huh. So why do stackers post here, then?
That... kind of sounds like he was brushing you off. "Try listing it and see what you can get" generally doesn't make people as angry as "these...
Hey, I helped! (That is, I also passed on it...)
There's actually quite a lot of stuff that I always wanted as a science-geek kid, but won't have in the house now... that I have to pay for...
So, again: If this site is full of "scammers"... If this site is full of people who stubbornly refuse to recognize your beaten and worn coins as...
Meh. All you really need is battery acid and determination. On the other hand, I still occasionally run into hydrofluoric acid as an etchant at...
Seriously? You mean those iron-core 1804 dollars, 1817 trade dollars, and 1907 ASEs are circulating?
I'm actually out. I had a big jug of muriatic acid (slightly lower concentration and purity), and it apparently wasn't vapor-tight, so it corroded...
Sprang for the triple espresso shot this time, did we?
At least around here, OfferUp is a great place to look... for trouble.
Struck Through MS Paint!
They can only charge that price if someone buys at that price. There are ridiculous listing prices on eBay, too, and probably everywhere else.
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Corroded cents are common, and can look like this, especially if the copper gets preferentially dissolved from the bronze. It's also possible for...
Hmm. If police seize an item that's illegal to sell, and then sell it through a third party... hmm.
The link up above (to the list of experimental cents) shows a 1942 aluminum test with a weight of 1.5 grams. I thought I remembered the 1974 cents...
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