On e-bay, anywhere from $0.50 to $50,000 depending on how you hype it. Actual value, a buck or so to someone who is interested.
Dang...where's your bank!
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Is that like a simple syrup?
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So, I shouldn't tell anyone about mine............oops
One of the old ways was with nose oil. Touch the coin area where the date is lightly to your nose to get some oil on it, now lightly rub the coin...
I would think there is some setting on the microscope that would reverse these images, otherwise photo software should.
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@BadThad help. I think any sort of colored decomposition on any sort of coin is widely viewed as verdigris.
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And even the megadealers are buying them for $2 over spot.
OK, when I took my ASE's out of the envelope, they smelled like a new shower curtain. This is an indication that the flip is made of PVC. PVC is...
Probably more acetone, alcohol and then water, in order of polarity.
I always think of "wear" as abrasion. If the highest points are muted, it is either wear or a weak strike. A weak strike would be obvious all...
Yeah, what I was thinking of was Full Steps Jeffersons or Full Split Bands Mercs. Didn't know if ASE's had anything comparable.
OK, got my two orders of 10 today...notice that the flips smell like a new shower curtain...plasticized PVC, don't try and keep them in these....
But thanks for the pic.
Yeah, the point was made that these were pure nickel coins. I was just noting that when the phenomenon is seen on copper alloys it is called...
Something I have wondered about, the difference between verdigris, bronze disease and patina. Mostly a matter of adhesion and surface properties...
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