Buck up there @Sam Stone there's always tomorrow... [IMG]
How about a couple of prows...I've wanted one of these since I saw them in the Ancents Forum... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Yup, no longer MS70
Think about your car battery, it loses lead from the electrodes as you use it to start and then replates as it charges...after awhile, the...
...that's easy for you to say...
Copper eroded by soaking in acid. Welcome to CT
Here's the reaction: 3 Ag2S(s) + 2 Al(s) → 6 Ag(s) + Al2S3(s) The only problem is whether the silver plates or adheres or if it just forms a...
Possibly the most fascinating/boring book I have ever read. Compelling yet very redundant on what he was saying.
Hey, close to $10 melt...
Does it look like this... [IMG]
Are the mint sets still in the original plastic?
Know what you mean, I think the same about the standing liberty quarters.
Welcome to CT, "copper" cents are 3.11 +/- 0.13g so yours is well within limits.
It breaks my heart that a coin like that can't be treated/conserved to improve both it's appearance and chance for future longevity.
I put a coin on a bid board and labeled it as a fourre. The shop told the guy who won it what a fourre was and he wouldn't buy it. I put it back...
Life (and some sandpaper) has worn it down... :)
Linear plating bubble
I think I would say "industrial grade" 99% pure (usual impurity is water).
Telling people to not clean coins is like telling teenagers it is illegal to drive barefooted. Is it illegal to drive barefooted...of course not,...
Are they magnetic?
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