I was just reading "The Disappearing Spoon" and decided to see if there were any Tantalum coins. Check this out, only 3 minted....
I had a friend who walked into my chem lab with his motorcycle helmet/vizor and i noticed he was starting to squirt acetone on the vizor to clean...
I get e-mails from NGC and ANACS and one of them publishes lists of coins that have gained in value and ones that have dropped in value based on...
Uh...tell me again why coins are such a good investment : - )
I think I have Denga envy
How about cooked with some fava beans and a dry chianti?
As an old geek in the circus once told me "If you swaller a snake, chase it down with some olive oil. They go down easy but come out rough."
How can you "pass" this up.
OK, now I totally understand it : - )
I am a chemist also, but an organic chemist with an interest in inorganic chemistry and coins. I found some disagreement with the presentation...
I think the "ring light only" shows off the features of the coin best.
That is really odd.
A long (2-7 days) soak in distilled water shouldn't do anything to the medals, but might make them separate from the foam. Always start with the...
OK, the top 3 are Korean (Cho-sen) probably before or during WWII and the bottom one is a Japanese 50 sen (used to be 100 sen to the yen) note...
I look forward to seeing them.
Can't tell if I have motion sickness or just envy : - )
There are lots of "dips" for silver coins, but I don't know if I ever heard of one for copper. Copper is an odd beastie to clean. Applying...
A man that likes flying eagles can't be all bad. Nice to have at least one large cent and that one is pretty nice. I agree with EF. Didn't...
Very clean, can't even see the coin.
So I assume you didn't put the quarter into the machine.
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