The cardboard is loaded with sulphur - very bad. Tin is no good because it holds moisture and it rusts. Tupperware or similar - trust me.
You should be. It gets a lot more humid there than it does in Uath or Nevada. I hear it gets all the way up to 40% down there sometimes ;)
Coin collectors have always been the older crowd Cat - typically because they are the only ones who can afford it. Also, many collectors first...
I am surprised ! They have improved ziplocks in the past 40 years. But honestly, that's why I asked ;)
Guys, guys - even the US Mint calls them pennies.
No disrespect intended Joe, but copper washed and sintered are the same thing. Take a look at this quarter Joe -...
Ahhhh - but only parts of the design are low, some parts of the design are high. Think about it - if the entire design was pushed down into the...
Off the top of my head I'd say it's been dipped to death to remove very heavy black toning. And now the the effects of the corrosion caused by the...
Get rid of the shoe box - big no-no. Use a Tupperware container with a lid instead ;)
Cat I don;t think you're gonna see the discontinuation of cash for quite some time. Certainly you and I will longer be alive when it comes....
I see the copperish coloring Joe, but that is easily accounted for by toning or staining. For example, take a look at this one - HERE - that is...
If you are judging the grade assigned by a particular TPG then you have little choice but to use their grading standards. Now that is not the same...
I would agree, that is not a sintered/copper wash coin.
Hardly spock :rolleyes: It is that I choose to ignore you the majority of the time :kewl:
Best advice I can give is for you to do an Advanced Search - use the key word counterfeit and place your own user name in the box for User Name....
That is the special prevention for verdigris. The same preventative methods work for everything.
David I think it is another terminology thing. Just because there is a corrosive material on the coin, that does not mean that it has corroded the...
Ya know Rusty, the last guy got turned into a Wabbit ! :D
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I'm curious to see what happens. You see, as a teenager I used a ziplock to try and keep something dry for a few hours. Me and a bunch of friends...
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