I've found that, working with large cents, if the vertigris is hard or compacted that you can get it off with a combination of thorns and...
You can get the whole Krause series from 1600 up until nearly today on a single disc, but I find it cumbersome to use. Any of those books will...
The '45 spent some time in the oven, in a potato, old wet brown paper towel or a combination of all of the above.
I'm anxious to see the results. Just don't be breathing the acetone, since that's when it is dangerous .. use a vent or hood or small fan.
Use hawthorn thorns from a tree rather than .. it has thousands of them free for the taking. They are from 1" to 3" long, extremely sharp and...
The good thing about Eds and Geos is that most can be had, in lower MS, for well less than $25 ... some even less than $10. Canadian Large Cents...
For the 1922's, they look the same size to me .. just that one is infinitely more worn than the other. The design elements (including the date)...
Go to the CCF site (Coin Community) and look for the 1929 cent threads .. lots of discussions on hi & low 9's
The 1859 LC above is not brass. It has been harshly chemically cleaned and it turns the bronze all kinds of odd colors. Any number of...
A good number of the"special" coins that the Canadian RCM puts out every year certainly fit in this category .. they have become a granny bait and...
The '87's had some nice repunches on the 8's and 7.
Since the $6.50 purchase price was in US dollars and the Canuck dollar is worth about 75 cents US, it's worth about the same or a little less than...
Separate names with a comma.
