Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - yes. :whistle: Paul I caused the price of duacts to double in just a couple years. When I started collecting the things I...
I had to go look it up to make sure. I was wrong. While they have the right to confiscate the coins, they have not done so. But Tommy Bolack...
They gave examples of the aluminum cents to some members of Congress so they could examine them. This was an experiemental coin, it was up to...
No, not at all. The mint does this kind of thing all the time. And as I recall, it was a dozen that were not turned back in to the mint.
My opinion, you are a victim of your own advertising Paul. Been there, done that.
No, it isn't up in the air at all. They are definitely illegal to own. Yes, they have been found. Read here - http://www.cointalk.com/t105179/...
It was already posted -
0.93 grams - read here http://www.cointalk.com/t105179-2/ No, it doesn't.
The surface of the coin itself is your best diagnostic, toned/haze or not. The brilliant will look like modern Proofs, the satin will not.
This is only true sometimes. For example, just about every bag toned Morgan you'll see has all the same colors and the same basic pattern of...
Acetone does not clean everything from coins, just some things, particularly oils. What you use to clean a coin depends on that particular coin,...
Very seriously doubt it. The surface looks quite grainy in the pics and there are more than enough hits to keep that coin from grading any higher.
That's because they were burnished.
Yeah they did Conder. Out of the 10 that were known I think only 4 are still in private hands. It was all reported in Coin World several years ago.
The only Sacky mules that were confiscated were those taken from the Mint illegally by the mint employees selling them. Those that were found...
Yes 100% acetone.
If you mean longer history, yes. Because they have a longer history. People are always resistant to change. But as changes come a few...
Well not really, that's more about coin cleaning than dipping from what I read. And even though you will find several references saying to use...
A commercial coin dip. Just google it, there are many. You'll want to be careful though, and parctice on some pocket change first. Dips are acid...
They say that they will. Best to not let them find out.
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