Okay, here's how it turned out: I received a FedEx box a couple of days after the auction closed, with a fairly sizeable hole torn in one side....
If I'm not mistaken, the "complete" collection of state quarters has four for each state: P, D, S clad (proof), and S silver (proof). 200 coins total.
Not to spoil the ending, but yeah. :) Details tomorrow...
Actually, it's used as a sacrificial anode. Zinc is more reactive than iron or copper; but, when it's bound to one of those metals -- that is, in...
To clarify, the auction ended Dec. 30, and I received the lot a few days later. Also note that this auction had a seven-day return policy.
Okay, here's the next lot: Coin Collection(begun 30-40 yrs ago)+Silver Certs&coins The seller posted a bunch of photos on a separate site:...
Well, you've certainly had more experience cleaning coins than I have! If you're cleaning optics, though, you absolutely can't get your fingers...
Sure it is! It's less than five cents a milligram. And gold plating is THIN -- there's probably only a couple of milligrams plated onto a piece...
Two bucks is chump change when you're trying to collect "live" leads. They may be figuring that people who jump at a "free" Mercury might be more...
Well, now there's a post correcting that link. :) I've used forums with other policies as well -- on one, threads are locked a fixed number of...
Here's another: 4 1878 sylver dollar Well, I'd hate that, too. So I just wouldn't feel right taking them from you for a mere $7k.
What? The pages linked aren't seven-year-old lists; they claim to be up to date. In fact, the two links in the OP (corrected) are among the first...
I think I can probably top that pretty easily. Bottoming it, on the other hand...
I think I'm with the seller on this one! If you removed the coin from its holder, there's no way for him to know what else you did to it! He can't...
On coinshows.com, the Raleigh show (that I'm going to this afternoon) is listed, but it still isn't a link, and doesn't show date or location...
Well, if Swish513's figures are correct, a box is 50 rolls, period. I'm guessing, though, that it would be different for dollar coins...? If a...
Hmm. I'm seeing different things about PCGS and acetone. Here's one statement: http://www.pcgs.com/secureplusfaq.html 85. Q: Will acetone...
$50 CWR; nothing. But the teller did pass me a well-worn 1945 quarter, after I was explaining that I liked to search rolls with my son. I felt...
Acetone is extremely volatile -- it evaporates quickly and thoroughly. There's no way to have "acetone on your coins" for more than a minute or...
Hard to be sure, but that '09-S looked to be XF at the least, and the 1873 didn't look much worse to me. Hard to tell from photos, of course, but...
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