Not meaning to be smarty, I didn't know either.
Here's what Wikipedia says about the coating/plating/cladding: Production of the war-time cent was provided for in an Act of Congress approved on...
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Excellent question...that's what I would like to know.
There have been several postings about 1943 zinc clad cents and in one of them someone mentioned that since the blanks were punched from zinc clad...
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
Perhaps this is meant to be like what I once read about Conan The Barbarian (the books, not the movies). When Conan was faced with a difficult...
FG is a marker to check the AM
Oh come now, on CT...been a while since I have seen an incensed poster educating all the absolute novices on this board (sarcasm).
Lighter fluid or any (get ready for this) aliphatic hydrocarbon will not harm most kinds of plastic since it is not a solvent for them.
WOAH... great job.
I saw one at the Anaheim show for $300
Wow...if the fingerprints are not "set", you could try acetone and/or xylene. If that is no go, MS-70 would possibly emulsify the fingerprints...
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If you don't look, you never find.
E-Zest is thiourea/sulfuric acid, and if it takes off a lot of toning/corrosion you can really smell the H2S (rotten egg gas). The spot I am...
You won't be mistaking it when you start to bug people here...:):):)
Plus, it is not a real easy process to go from 90% silver to 99.99%. Does anyone sell 90% silver bars? Would that be a good item? Should I look...
Yep, I used EZest full strength. I first washed my hands thoroughly, seeing as how I am not one of those humans with oil-free skin. I then did a...
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