well as a $20 set I expect most that collect them have better then these.. as for nice ones well I think I have 4-5 LCs in the AU-MS state but not...
Now you know me and I always hunt for the oddballs.. so for 16.50 this coin is a sure win odd or not :D What I'm sure i have is a nice 1840 small...
listed as "AG" but I think she's much closer to a G4 liberty and words all legible, stars visible if a bit flat and ear is visible. On close...
My grandmother always "chopped" off the legs and threw em in the pot... why bother cooking the parts you won't eat hehe :D (sorry froggy but them...
Yes you have, but the wording might have thrown you off.. If a coin is "Dirty/cruddy" I will place it in a small unbleached muslin teabag and...
we'll see once it arrives.. pics look like a bit of corrosion maybe but I don't see signs of Verdigris... if it seems cruddy will possibley boil...
EB yup yup been watching the darn thing for a week lol
pushing the "limits" with this one at $28 but not an easy date to find in that price range :D 1808 sellers bad pics :D My cheap price hehe :D...
I can't call it MS from the pics posted, but a very pretty penny regardless :D
I hunted a long time before I found a 71s with a nice strong strike.. Not a "Brown" but i have enough space issues without buying oversized...
I can't say i've done this with ancients (only have a few) but many times I've bought larger lots of large cents just for 1 or 2 dates. I have...
looks nicer then mine :D
Entry post, I have to say of this lot I really like the 65 $.02 would nicely fill a hole in my album :D
so far i have 65, 67, 68, 70 and 81... slow process but filling the book slowly :D
very nice :D and to be honest, seems undergraded to me i would say more a 30-35 VF/EF.. just my opinion.. Sweet LC though :D
very nice, only realy "political" coinage/medals I have are a few 1972 democratic convention, recycled "bumper" coins :D literaly made from...
yup yup, do a LOT of watching there but not a whole lot of buying :D The idiots usualy blow away any realistic bids... but sometimes they slip...
OK it's entirely possible I could have gotten a nicer coin by spending $20.. 1838 not a majorly hard year to come by large cent. This particular...
2. Boiling in distilled water... it's what is sounds like. I suspend the coin in a small muslin teabag in a pot of boiling distilled water.. this...
I'll be honest, I certainly started that way, but as you find you like a specific type of coin and you gather more of that type, suddenly you have...
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