I am a chemist also, but an organic chemist with an interest in inorganic chemistry and coins. I found some disagreement with the presentation...
I think the "ring light only" shows off the features of the coin best.
That is really odd.
A long (2-7 days) soak in distilled water shouldn't do anything to the medals, but might make them separate from the foam. Always start with the...
OK, the top 3 are Korean (Cho-sen) probably before or during WWII and the bottom one is a Japanese 50 sen (used to be 100 sen to the yen) note...
I look forward to seeing them.
Can't tell if I have motion sickness or just envy : - )
There are lots of "dips" for silver coins, but I don't know if I ever heard of one for copper. Copper is an odd beastie to clean. Applying...
A man that likes flying eagles can't be all bad. Nice to have at least one large cent and that one is pretty nice. I agree with EF. Didn't...
Very clean, can't even see the coin.
So I assume you didn't put the quarter into the machine.
And here I was thinking he was a spin shifter and shape doctor...but I've always been a bit dyslectic.
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Not quite. The zinc coating protects the steel (mostly iron) by ITSELF selectively corroding. The iron should not corrode (rust) until the zinc...
Back when I was in college at the Univ. of KY (1964-67) I was in a con shop when a woman brought in a lovely mahogany case lined in velvet and...
And the value of a 1916-D dime can go down by hundreds while the value of silver goes up. If you can predict this, you are a very rich guy.
Plain background would help too.
"Coins as an investment" and "To clean or not to clean" are the two most discussed topics on the forum. Leaving off the cleaning for now, coins...
Notice that the cushion is in focus, so if you lay the set on the cushion and take a pic, it would be in focus. If you could then crop and...
You have successfully milked nothing for more space even than Detecto
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