I have seen the term "tooled" used for ancient coins. Is that like re-engraving?
Stick around, or at least visit from time to time.
Lay the coin flat down on a black or dark surface for contrast and take a picture at 90 degrees or as close as you can...and don't touch it so much.
For enquiring minds, from Wikipedia: Liver of Sulfur is a poorly defined mixture of potassium sulfide, potassium polysulfide, potassium...
They are as much "Pattern" coins as a milk chocolate gold piece. A fantasy made outside the mint.
For Buffalo Nickels, the mint mark is under the "five cents" on the reverse. The P mintmark wasn't used except on war nics and in comparatively...
There is a publication called the "Red Book" (A Guide Book Of United States Coins) by R.S. Yeoman. It does a good job of explaining about United...
I want to buy their re-issue 1793 large cent!!!
Life takes us in unexpected directions. I learned how to wear shoes and reed and rite and everythin' : - )
Calm down. You have asked a lot of questions and have gotten meaningful answers, although there has been some ribbing, none of it is...
I'm in Camarillo, about 10 miles closer to LA than Oxnard (not just another pretty name).
I agree, I am toned GREEN with envy at the drooliscious coins the members of this forum have. I am just not willing to put out the money for such...
They COULD have a half-price sale...just sayin'
I was wondering how to get started...my initial thought was to go from the emperor, but "All those Romans look alike" or so much so as to make it...
Now I just have to attribute them.
I separated out eight of them and worked with the toothbrush and with a dental pick under a magnifier: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So, for the month of July these have been sitting in water (sometimes with some soap, sometimes just water) and getting brushed with a cut-down...
Give it a few hundred years.
It got removed...hmmm
I see 1 US coin and 4 "world" coins on their page while they have 1725 Canadian coins.
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