That's because the green patina you talk about Chris is not toning at all. It is a deposit, and often several layers of deposits (particularly...
Silver, gold, nickel, and yes even copper coins have been dipped. But yes, it is mainly silver.
After the 1965 Act was passed yes the Fed actively tried to remove silver coinage from circulation. This went on for several years, but eventually...
Yes the public knew that the changeover was almost certainly coming before it occurred. I can't give you an exact date that it became well known...
No, not specific types. But the banks will remove coins that have been damaged or worn to the point that they are no longer readily identifiable....
He's not talking about carbon spots or anything remotely similar to carbon spots. He's talking about the large patches of different grey color...
The ignore feature only means that you won't see somebody. It doesn't mean they won't see you. We still see whatever you do no matter what you do.
Sorry Chris, but that is not true. Yes, that hard green patina will protect a coin - once it gets hard. But before it ever got hard it most...
First of all, regarding the comments about what a person likes - what is it we have been talking about here ? Coins, nothing else. And my comments...
The only choice I am talking about is what a person likes or dislikes. And in that, there is no right or wrong.
But in many cases that green patina has been removed, and in every single one the underlying damage is there. That cannot be disputed. You may...
That green patina you are talking about is called many things, green patina, bronze disease, and verdigris. But plain and simple verdigris is what...
As a general rule any coin that has that green patina you speak of has suffered from corrosion. I define a coin that has suffered from corrosion...
While I love that design I've always found it hard to get excited about such coins because when it comes down to it they are nothing but replicas....
If the color in the pics is anywhere even close in hand, I agree.
Yeah that happens when you get to be as old as you are :D
A coin being corroded is a matter of definition Chris, not one of open or closed mindedness. It is not a matter of opinion, it is a matter of...
Some years ago we had a member who was a metal detector guy that used to post a lot, maybe you remember him Frank. I can't think of his user name...
For whatever it is worth Paul I don't consider either of those coins Red. The criteria for Red is that 95% or more of the coin has to be original...
And the condition. You find a pre-'73 set that is all CAM or DCAM, or high grade coins, and check the value on those.
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