That depends on the coin you're talking about. I'd readily agree you're not gonna hurt anything on most well circulated coins. Sure, you might...
You're forgetting that each coin, in and of itself, is also a unique variable when it comes to toning. You can put 10 coins, a hundred, in the...
Whatever it takes to do the job. Even if ya leave a coin in water for a week it's not gonna hurt anything. But, it may help a lot.
For whatever it's worth acetone typically does a poor job of removing ordinary dirt and grime - which is what is found on most circulated coins....
It sure did in mine, and it was a 2 hr rated safe. But that's the thing, not all fire rated safes are equal. Sentry safes for example, which I...
'82 was a pivotal year, that's when they stopped making copper cents and began making them out of copper plated zinc - which is probably why that...
Here's the thing, the silica gel packs I used tell you when they need to be recharged. So it doesn't matter where you live, they will still tell...
Uhhh Bambam - I quit collecting coins in 2006. And when I did, I was not living in Florida.
It's pretty easy, because the coins stayed the way they were - for decades.
Tina, what Randy is saying here is pretty much THE basic concept in coin collecting when it comes to value - In other words you can have 2 coins...
I have no idea as I never attempted to measure it. All I can tell you is that with the size of my safe 2 of those 40 gram packs did the job....
Pickin and Grinin - it sounds to me like there's a whole lot more involved in the toning of your coin than the paper in the flip. What I mean by...
And I gotta tell ya Paul, this one almost floored me. I mean it sounds an awful lot like you're saying more people like their coins blast white...
Hmmmm - if I didn't know any better I could be swear that you just admitted that the only difference between AT and NT is intent Paul. You're...
spirit - prices kind of tell you the answers to your questions. For example, common date gold, with both Saints and Libs, in grades up to and...
Randy here's the thing, that set may stay just as it is even if ya leave it alone. Or it may not, it could just as easily start changing. But the...
I was basing my comments on the time frame you related, and what I know of safes. Some of them, maybe even many of them, use fireproofing...
Darryl kind of touches on what I was going to ask next, would you please describe, in detail, everything about how you are storing or stored this...
OK, I just find it a bit odd that in all 3 pics the line is proportional to where the toning is - and is not. Did you intentionally position it...
BamBam - given what you have said that your safe is only 1.5 cf, the size of the unit you are using approx 3x9x8 and weighing 1.2 lbs, and how...
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