Well.. It's much like with the current zinc cents. Zinc deteriorates quite readily. Unless a steel cent was kept in fairly stable conditions, it...
I'll offer this. I wouldn't use wax on an undamaged coin. I agree with others that say the wax can seal in corrosive properties. For a dug piece...
Well ….. The dog won the contest. Though she never did tell me if it was genuine or not! [IMG]
Heck... My dog eats gold rare.
I wondered that at first too but I am betting it is more a display of Royal counterstamps than it is a display of coins.... But man, those are...
Well how cool is that!?!
LordM... When I was trying to find some sort of attribution for my cobb, it was made apparent that an eight real was sized close to a dollar, four...
There is one dealer on EBay. Every coin he has looks like this. I pull up his offerings occasionally just to gawk at the photos. Stunning really.
Dang, LordM…. You need to do away with that bright red background. It’s hard on the eyes….:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
I’ll throw this out there. Take it for what it’s worth….. Once upon a time shellack was used as a durable coating. Still is used on some wood...
Agreed. Any businessman worth his salt knows that people want to spend their money with friendly people. I will say though that in this day and...
That's a lamination error.... I am not your error expert but can tell you those are very prominent on war nickels. Cool coin!
Several years back a young lady inherited a jar of common and worn Mercury dimes from her grandfather who happened to be a heavy smoker. She...
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Thank you. I been a type coin guy my whole life. I was perfectly satisfied collecting ten dollar coins most of my life. Only been the last 8-10...
Wow @JDcompy …… Deja-vu. I did a post almost identical to yours shortly after I joined CoinTalk. I been collecting coins since the late 1960’s and...
Pickin’…… I been collecting better than fifty years and I feel I am among friends here. What do you guys reference to get these attributions? I...
I see that danged @CoinCorgi got into my collection again. Ignore the dog hair please…. Bad dog!
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