Lighting is always the problem in photography. Try taking some shots outside in the sunlight.
Have never seen it, but have never looked, and would not let it be a stopper from buying it.
Not quite. Mylar is polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and PET is Mylar, kind of like saying tissues are Kleenex and Kleenex is tissues.
If you ever have a question as to whether a plastic contains any PVC, a quick and sensitive test is to heat up a copper wire and while it is still...
Subjecting plastic materials to heat can release substances used as plasticizers or can partly degrade the plastic to let off gasses that might...
[ATTACH] 2 X 2 [ATTACH] Flips I don't know the correct terminology (if there is such a...
I look forward to hearing what Doug has to say.
Sounds like you are having fun, which is the real point of the hobby to the large majority of people. Some of the posters here are dealers,...
I have panned for gold in Dahlonega.
What you do to your own coins is up to you. It's only if you are cleaning them with the intent to deceive a buyer by not telling them the coin...
If you took the coin to a jeweler or a college or university chemistry department, they could weigh it for you.
Are any selling lower than the gov sold them? (Obviously not 70's)
"A coin in the hand is worth more than a dozen photographs."
So would the VC just shed the xylene?
Look on the net for the God Penny experiment. Copper pennies are placed into a hot NaOH/zinc powder bath for a period of time in which a thin...
Looking forward to seeing what the coin will come out looking like. The pitting or roughness on some old copper coins is very common.
Just a few random thoughts. Most everyone on this forum will tell you that coins are about as good investment as playing the ponies. You should...
"And it is also said," answered Frodo: " 'Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.'"
Some free advice that is worth every penny you pay for it. All vegetable oils are long chain fatty acids. The acid part is so weak that it...
Wrong!!! Food isn't taxed...that is if it is food that has to be cooked and not food that is bought ready to be consumed...given that the...
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