Sorry, alkaline is the correct answer. Think lye....Regardless, potentially dangerous to a surface such as that on your coin that appears to have...
Verdi care is quite acidic which IMHO should NOT be used on silver. Just start gently as per above if you are going to. I like the coin and think...
Yes, I would try soap and water first with NO friction (rubbing) first and then acetone. Third, I would try rubbing alcohol (with that would heat...
I might be tempted to conserve that tarry bit off...
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Happy Saturday to all! I got this back from grading, and it did well as it should have - I pulled it, along with all of the other 7 coins from a...
FWIW, here's what little I know. Not my series although I have a couple of the King's Norton specimen coins from a bit earlier. 2020 Krause has...
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Ok, not everybody’s cup of tea, but an interesting story: Production of coins had long switched back from the (IMHO - wrongly) vilified Franklin...
I finally got to see this coin in hand, and took some pictures that only are barely showing it off. It was grimier than pictures show so conserved...
I know this subject has been broached before and probably not many care, but the standard currency metal coins of 1994 Cook Islands seem to be...
It says around the edge (and this is a very thin seeming coin with no edge milling: "half dollar or fifty cents". That's what I remember but will...
Ok, I am a collector of GB later pre-decimal copper and silver primarily & bid somewhat actively at auction with an occasional purchase of US...
Well, quite a few years ago I found in Malta a likely very rare 1976 matte unc. 50 cents, but also a 25 cents. I had the 50c graded at PCGS and it...
LOL, of course I know what they are as I bought them from Spink many years ago on their once-great SNC circular; as it is past history I will say...
This coin back at last from NGC, and quite scarce in mint state with none at PCGS and only the single better "62" at NGC and then this coin as...
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