Perhaps, sodium sulfite is a mild reducing agent which will oxidize from sodium sulfite to sodium sulfate while the copper oxide reduces to copper...
Nice job of grinding down the obverse and smoothing it. Damage
If i use a lower case g is that OK? :)
I would like for someone to investigate the use of mild reducing agents such as sodium sulfite as a copper coin brightener.
Olive oil is a tried and true "cleaning" agent often used for ancient coins to remove crud from the ages. The consensus of opinion is that it...
uh...nowhere on that site does it say acetone removes luster...IT DOESN'T
...are you sure?
Only God can answer that one...
He was saying the graded and un-graded sell for about the same price. I don't know if this is true or not.
Tuppence, isn't it? Steve Martin said he really liked his dental hygienist, so he would eat a box of Oreos before he went for a cleaning...she...
Duh
OK, when I tried to post this using a "copy 'n paste" from a photo on google, I get the red X but then I save it as a jpeg and upload and it works...
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I still insist, 4,987 angels can dance on the head of a pin!
I know it's tacky to ask, but how much did it set you back...
@Jaelus I think the problem was the phrase "end the auction early". I have made sellers offers that have been accepted even though there was no...
Barber coins are one of my least favorite designs...unless they are in this kind of condition!
65-RB
I don't see it.
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