Yes. You can even do it to coins inside slabs.
What you just said Chris is the same thing just about everybody says, and the same thing is printed in more books written by experts than I could...
Trey, try some experiments and I think you'll quickly see the difficulty involved. But just to give you, and others who aren't familiar with coin...
What I have found over the years is that a high percentage of people who think they know what they are doing - don't. And if you had seen all (and...
The dilution proportions and the time frame adjustments are not always equal. That's the problem. In other words half strength doesn't always...
No argument ;)
Do you have any idea how small 7mm is ? Let's put it this way, in diameter, a dime is almost 3 times as big. To put that into perspective, those...
Honestly, I rather doubt it.
LOL ! No, but I would say you should have bought lottery tickets that day ;) edit - The point I'm making is that shopping in these places is kind...
Yeah well maybe. But I can guarantee it's not that quite simple. You see, if using a commercial coin dip, the dip being on the coin for longer...
Not soley, just most of the time. And it is important to remember that exceptions do not disprove the rule. And there is a qualification that...
There is no telling when any 1915 Austrian ducat was actually minted since they have been minted for about a hundred years now and are still being...
OK, let's get back on topic here now.
Works for me ;)
My guess would be that that coin was toned completely black at one time, that the toning had reached its terminal stage. And terminal toning can...
I've never been able to pin down an exact date with my own research, but what I have found out is that the same mechanical method for polishing...
No I am not, and never will be.
If you can, please show me an example and please explain how you did it.
Well yes, except for one thing. Every time a die, or a coin, is scratched or polished, incuse lines and raised lines are formed on the die, or...
Yeah, different shop Jim.
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