Boy ! - You had me all kinds of confused here. I thought you were showing 3 different coins in this 1 thread :o Didn't realize what was goin on...
Over-priced by $75-$100 IMO.
I have no idea, that was 8 or 9 years ago. When I said I looked it up, I meant I looked up in my own records to see what I had paid for it.
spock is wrong. So are you. The ability to refine gold to at least the level we do today has existed for 2000 years, maybe longer. And if you look...
I found it on ebay. I looked it up - paid $69.
I'm sorry too, had no idea that's what you were talking about. Threw me off when you said FAQ. But to answer your question - by all means. You can...
It is a ducat of Alvise Mocenigo II, 1700-1709.
You can find quite a bit of what you want right here - http://www.cointalk.com/t13900/
You know why I think they say that ? Because they don't have any other explanation that they are willing to accept. They know it tones, the...
I don't think it's been polished, but I do think it's AU.
No idea what they go for now, but I paid less than $100 for that one.
This is the forum FAQ - http://www.cointalk.com/faq.php - you know that big link at the top of the page that says FAQ.
And here's two coins both minted almost 500 years ago and of pure gold. Notice the difference in color - one has been dipped and the other has...
Yes, but please don't subscribe to the author's thinking and start ruining coins.
The leeching of gold is the largest use of thiourea there is.
You can probably own one if you look hard enough. That one now resides in my son's collection.
It's been done, numerous times.
Have you ever read the FAQ ? You see anything in there to do with coins ? My point is this - even if I felt inclined to do such a thing, where...
I truly hope that you can come up with a scientific answer some day Jim, but nobody else ever has and they obviously have not stopped trying. As...
Copper spots appear on all gold coins from time, even the .9999 gold Buffalos sold by the US Mint. It's not something that only happens to Chinese...
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