NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO don't do it!!!
My two cents worth... The cotton cloth would not scratch the coin, but any grit on the coin would be scrubbed around and that might. If the coin...
You're kidding...coin mutilation is an international pastime.
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Now there might be something to be said for Marmite..
Clean... uh... conservation of coins is incredibly tricky. Silver is amenable to treatment by a few means, but I know of mostly nothing that...
@Kevin wu ...penny for your thoughts
The Cloisters is worth a visit if you are in NYC, went there more than once while I lived in Brooklyn.
Not worth having graded/slabbed.
I thought that was a fever blister :)
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Probably more of a physics experiment, or shop.
Wow...this seems like fun. Wonder if you could make it portable to carry around to coin shows, bet you could "Make A Mint"...yuck yuck [ATTACH]
Have to disagree a bit. Easy to zinc plate, not so easy to nickel or iron plate.
I think that die needs replacing.
Not too shabby
Could be a Rupee or half Rupee. Is it silver or copper? I REALLY would like to see the flip side.
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skanky...it is to laugh.
[ATTACH] I taught high school chemistry for a few years and we had an experiment where we plated pennies with zinc which gave them a "silvery"...
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