Dealer had it on auction with no bids... I offered him the $20 and sent him a link to the album of the $20 LC set here. He accepted :D :D :D She's...
OS yeah at least 15 years I don't think you guys know one end of a roller from the other :D So says a BM2 who ran the ships paint locker lol PS I...
When I left the Pcola I was offered a choice... the Portland (where I already knew half the crew) or the almost brandy new USS Wasp LHD 1 on the...
I say 4 years, but it was 3.5 on the Pcola then 3 on her sister ship the USS Portland (LSD 37 also in the pic) then I got broken or i probably...
Usualy took the whole of deck dept (about 25 guys) a week to paint it properly, but twice we did it in a single day (NOT FUN) both times for photo...
Spent 4 years on this beast... She was a great ship... (yes there are 2 identical coins) [ATTACH] And a bonus picture of me painting the beast :D...
can't argue that.. exact same type of marking/spotting
normaly I agree, if abrasion like this had it been visible on most coins i would pass... this one though is more then a little special to a copper...
It sounds silly but rebuilding a "lost/sold" collection is fun, if only because of simple little finds like this one can all happen again :D
That was my thought either cello or was in a flip for a long time
ty sir
a sulphate or an ammonia it seems.... If black copper oxide reacts with dilute sulfuric acid it produces copper(II) sulfate of a characteristic...
I've never seen blue like that.. looks like someone grafitti'd her face almost
is the blue really blue or light reflection?
ok nothing real spectacular but was a nice find flipping through the $1 box at the fleamarket :D [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That came out nice beautiful coin
beautiful coin and yeah appears to have been coated with something... good luck on the conservation... Myself... I would start with boiling it in...
yeah a bit doctored but as i paid only about $60 and could probably flip it for 100 as is, so i'm still happy with it for the price... as for...
Besides, if they had done it right in the 1st place it wouldn't have washed off... you want to tone bright copper you use a simple super saturated...
Simply said, i think the coating was put on the coin to make it more attractive.. to be honest yes it looked nicer until you got it in hand, then...
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