Yes, carbonate salts, carbonate radicals and carbon dioxide gas. Sometimes my brain works faster than my fingers and I may not be exact in my...
Looks good, I think I can even see the die chip in the MM. Send it out for grading!
It's probably around a $100 or less coin, I wouldn't bother getting it slabbed.
Yes, it will take some effort to read and understand the book. There's no two ways about it. I'm writing it because of a serious dearth of...
Actually, some verdigris components are organic, i.e. acetate, formate and carbon dioxide.
Charmy, the terms are well explained throughout the book and there's sections before this one where it's all spelled out. By the time you get to...
Yes, excellent point. The verdigris removal sections are only random thoughts at the moment. It's a work in progress. I will modify the section to...
Sure. There's some of us that collect counterfeits as a novelty. I paid a lot more than that for my 1909-S VDB fake.
Here's a little snippet from my verdigris book:
Thanks for your insight and input on this thread Charmy. Your comments were exactly what I was looking for to educate myself.
For once I have to disagree with you Jim. IMHO, there are only two actions: CLEANING AND CONSERVATION. Cleaning is unacceptable in any form. It...
Wow, we really have some posts in this thread now. LOL What Jim said is correct. The atoms in a metal are so tight there's no "porosity"....
The differences you see are most likely due to die wear.
Agreed
Not much, even if the damage is from the mint. There's plenty out there that are not damaged. You're best off keeping the set intact.
Really, that's how most shops operate. My favorite shop is no different.
LOLOLOL....love the pic!
That's why the old saying will aways stand, "buy the coin and not the slab".
Did you post the 2009 cents yet? The mintages are out.
Hey, that's a standup seller there....he even uses good english. The only thing you should have suggested to him is that he examine the key and...
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