Just for fun you could try some penetrating oil or WD-40 to see if it would loosen up the "corrosion".
Looks like a strip of foil wrapped around it. You could peel it off, of course then you would have destroyed it. @mikediamond will have good input.
Why would you want to say this about his grandmother?
I think the only "problem" coin I ever knowingly bought was a large cent that was in a details holder because of a scratch. I really didn't even...
I got 6 pennies and 7 ha'pennies in a junk box recently.
The 20 Balboa is close to 4 oz silver, and of course there are the American hockey puck 5 oz "coins".
Kind of depends on where you live.
Much better than photos I take. Coins will normally have three things 1) a date 2) a denomination and 3) a country. Metal rounds with designs...
Usually better to take photos at 90 degrees to the coin. This appears to be an Indian Temple Token.
Probably if you just put it in some acetone and let it sit for an extended period (a month or two) the entire thing might turn into mush that you...
Hey, good work @Bman33
Trichloromethane is also known as chloroform...sweet dreams!
Does anyone really know (I'm too lazy to look it up).
Actually an interesting looking coin, let's see what the experts say. Weight would be a good thing...............never mind.
Oh...the humanity...
You have shown yourselves to be a stand-up firm in dealing with this, but sometimes a photograph is all a prospective buyer has to deal with. I...
I am totally offended by every post in this thread...including this one.
Nice coin, but I don't see the 4 diamonds. Weight, diameter and thickness would help to authenticate it.
@mapcoin ...enjoy the comedians on the site.
I understand that, but how much for one coin?
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