There is also a difference between buying "uncleaned" ancients (dirtballs) and some ancients that look like they might be improved with some...
I have a passing interest in ancients (I am fickle) and when I first started with them a couple of years ago, I ordered uncleaned lots 3X and...
Looks good to me, let's see what the Gurus say.
Coins are endlessly fascinating.
Don't be in too much of a hurry...it's a large field.
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But also remember that tap water is essentially free and a distilled water rinse would remove any residue left from the tap water.
I happened to have bought an "Official Red Book" Professional Edition and one of the things I noticed was that it pointed out many of the errors...
Already scared him off and we will NEVER get to find out what the UNIQUE error was.
Is that what caused the crack???
That's the thing with e-bay, don't be in a hurry. If it doesn't meet your criteria, if you have any doubt, wait. There will be another along. I...
Wow, I don't think that exists.
This might be a good one to cruise e-bay for and ask us before you buy.
Looks like a crack to me.
Depends a lot on how many you are cleaning. Regardless of number, I would start with a water soak/rinse, including a distilled/deionized water...
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Yeah, listen to what Doug (@GDJMSP) sez, BUT...whenever you can decide the coins are common ones, if you wish to clean them further, go ahead,...
People like to play with American CENT coins that we refer to as pennies. In Chem lab I had students make silver and gold pennies by coating them...
Dang, just won bronze...oh well, shouldn't be greedy.
Those second row cents look like "steelies" of 1943. Probably $0.25-$0.50 each.
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