Good attitude.
Could very well be mechanical doubling since it doesn't look particularly "rounded", but don't trust me, I'm sure others will chime in soon.
Lovely Indians, I really want a nice one, but for now, I do have this... [ATTACH]
What year is it? There is a lot of funky stuff that goes on with Zincolns that doesn't go on with other cents.
Thad is a chemist like me, and he allowed me to read his early copy of a book he is writing on Verdigris and he works for a metals fluids company...
you almost made me go back and look
I honestly thought VerdiCare was a way of stabilizing it...perhaps @BadThad can elucidate.
What a difference a few years makes... [MEDIA]
For any kind of copper crud, whether you want to call it BD or whatever, VerdiCare is a solution that, as far as I know, has no downside.
Sounds like BD to me.
Nice pictures, we have some knowledgeable people here who will chime in.
Glad to have you here. I somehow logged on in 2011 and can't get off...
Up until 1990 mint marks were added by hand, so their location can wander a bit. Welcome to CT
BTW, @Sherry3388 if you want to get someone's attention, just use the @ symbol. We have other symbols also:)
Actually a brass brush would not have scratched it like that. I was looking for one of those old ink eraser pencils that had a brush on one end.
I wonder if it makes a difference?
Hey @Sherry3388 Silver dollars are ALWAYS worth keeping. Can you take a picture so we can see what they look like? BTW welcome to CT
Even more so if you get a few ancients...it's odd to feel a couple of Alexandrian Tetradrachms shaking around in your pocket.
Well, I know I have good taste...
I shot an elephant in my pajamas...how he got into my pajamas I don't know.
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