My guess is a micro torch. This year had outer layer of about 8% nickle and rest copper, with core all copper.Different metal expand at different...
Agree with above. I look at a scrape as deeper and not as easily removed , whereas a scuff is shallow and often not continuous and sometimes is...
2. I :troll: don't believe in fairness. It's OK , some of us still like you, :cat:
scuff.
Since there was a few real copper cents struck in 1983 ( likely mint personnel efforts), He probably just went by the date rather than weight,...
Like Cheech says, they should be close to the same height, see this 1955/55 example and how they blend due to same height. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A few days ago, I saw a new group of China replicas advertised online that are said to be made of a different metal combo that mimics US silver...
The only government thing I recall was Zimbabwe which issued gold coins to get the populace to use them rather than Black market U.S. dollars....
It is a proof coin, so more glam to many. More money to mint IMO
Sorry, I assumed ( bad me) that "everyone" knew about acetone for PVC, preferred by 99.99% . :) Jim
It hasn't been mentioned much, but there are some studies using lasers to clean coins. "Can you clean coins with a laser? All these...
Not too hard to alter a 1943 steel cent to a 1993 steel cent for most engravers So all internal measurements would be within specs. Jim
Search " silver plating copper at home " and you will find many articles and youtubes that show how t do it. The silver is likely quite thin , so...
I can FIX that with a swipe or two!!!!! :)
When Wexler and Flynn included class IX as "Only God knows" in their book, I personally do not think that they thought they were "Real"...
Looks more like MD ( loose die or some similar sliding movement to me, but in the same grouping.
Acetone is produced as a chemical breakdown reaction in humans lungs/blood from the breakdown of fats, so if overweight (fat) , don't breath on...
You can see a division in collecting coins or almost any thing. Some people just "Have" to finish a "set" to feel successful. I and some others...
ETSY !!!
The doubling that I think I see on "In God We Trust" is Die Deterioration Doubling ( a no value effect ) The closer the motto looks towards the...
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