Worth a try, wish you luck. Things to try...acetone and xylene have been mentioned, they would dissolve any organic residue. Water is always...
Know that grading (in its finer points) is difficult even with excellent photos.
https://www.technobezz.com/5-ways-fix-iphone-camera-wont-focus/
What a lot of people on here have said is that if you can't understand how it could have come about in the minting process....it probably didn't....
If the surface of a coin is pitted, by whatever means or method, the coin probably will never look good and all you can do is to call attention to...
And the rims...
We can also talk about luster if you wish...
Nah, that would look better.
I'm sure he did too.
See my other response about forcing your camera to focus...BTW what are you using for pictures? Also notice how much nicer it is to post the Full...
@Cecelia Valverde focus is a problem for cameras that think they know better than us. Put the coins on something that has typeprint such as a...
There's a word for this guy...goniff
Hmmmmm...seems to have a good attitude, perhaps we should explain that having it sideways makes it more difficult to gauge the condition and features.
A story told here was one of our members was buying Morgans at a Gun Show and picked out half a dozen and had the dealer to hold them for him....
Key word...some. Then there are zinc and tin coins...
I was more freaked out about it until I tried to "clean" some "uncleaned" ancient coins. After that experience, I am a bit bolder (sometimes too...
Generally I can get a little-finger nail in and then use that advantage to get another fingernail in to pop it open. A few times I have resorted...
Sorry, I'm too busy on oak island. :)
On a side story, we decided to go down to Tijuana a few years ago. My wife wanted to find a particular piece of burnished pottery and I wanted to...
Bought a bag of foreign at a flea market and played with this one. It looked to have some verdigris so I thought I would see what an overnight...
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