0.41 now What do you think of the quarter? It was not HCl... [ATTACH]
Maybe I'm seeing Die Deterioration
I think the luster was lost a long time ago.
There not proofs. And they were already doomed. I'll tell you one thing though. These are the worst mint sets I own, dipped or not.
5 seconds. Immediately submerged into a base.
This "toning" was discussed in this thread if your interested. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/79-sba-san-francisco.389352/ Maybe I...
I'm not the only one. And compared to mint sets from earlier years there is undeniably a problem with the plastic sleeve sets. I am not advocating...
Stripped yes but they sure are minty looking now. These sets suffer contamination problems from the mint. Acetone does very little to the damage....
35%HCl
I'm curious why. Did you like the tones of the coins? Even though it's considered contamination?
Way more potent than acetone.
Still playing with the preservation idea of contaminated mint sets. Specifically the late 70's early 80's sets that were contained in some type of...
LOL Do we really have to wait till Christmas?
I hope were still talking about bullion dealers. I still have allot of questions... is worth opening an account with a bullion dealer or would 3rd...
They are what they are. I am not really convinced that they need to be "saved". I was just entertaining the notion. It is visually exciting for me...
I'm surprised and curious now. I had a basic understanding of dd but this is different than the deterioration I am familiar with.
I think I agree. And when you say "Gem", do you mean any MS grade?
Yea because they can't flip it. They don't want to hold coins. They want to sell them.
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