You're not doing anything wrong. But by removing some dirt and grime and verdigris from the coin - which is what Verdi-Care does - by default, the...
Just making a comment, but an accurate one - the odds are 4 to 1, and possibly higher, that your coin has been dipped also.
Both of those will make brighter, (the olive oil more so), not darker. If ya want dark, this is what ya want - But personally, I advise...
"a manila envelope" - or cardboard 2x2, a coin album, original packaging from the mint - basically any and all paper and or cardboard products,...
The only way to do that is by using that ebay link, or by linking to the picture. Anything else is a copyright violation. That's simply the law....
Your choice of course, but it's a safe link, checked myself - a completed ebay link. And you also have to realize that it's not his picture. So...
Fair enough, but the discussion, and the question asked, isn't and wasn't about the extremes and or, how shall I say it - "other possibilities"...
You'd be hard pressed to find anybody who's more an authority on VAMs than this guy - And for those who "don't" know who he is -...
OK, answer a question for me. Take a coin, any coin, put in an airtight oxygen free container, ordinary air in other respects just no oxygen in it...
Water under pressure can be and in fact IS used to cut through 3 ft. of steel like a hot knife through butter. BUT - a Waterpik ? Unh uh, there's...
Personally, I don't think shows are a very good indicator. I say that because many of the younger collectors simply don't have the money to be...
You're the chemist, you tell me :)
I won't swear to it but I think it means 3 stuiver. At the time, an 8 reales was worth 40 stuiver. So an eighth of an 8 reales would be 5 stuiver,...
:rolleyes: Uhhh, yeah I'm fully aware of that. I phrased my comment the way I did because, as I said, I was trying to put it in simple terms. And...
In simple terms, yes. That's why with whatever metal is involved it's called oxidation - which is nothing more than another word for corrosion,...
To do what ? Canned air works fine for blowing dust off a coin but that's about all it'll do. But even with canned air you gotta be careful when...
To be a bit more specific for those who do not know, silver and gold coins have 2 tolerances actually - one for weight and one for fineness.
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - maybe. But as I've already said I don't have an explanation. And I'm skeptical because, typically, most marks on a planchet...
It is highly unlikely that using a Waterpik will remove verdigris. Oh it might blow some of the softer stuff off, (verdigris is sometimes a light...
First of all you need to be reasonably certain that it is haze. I say that because there are some other things, (PVC residue for one), that can...
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