Sulfur ( especially) with high heat produces NiS which deposits as a blackish color that is quite protective. Often used by military for...
Maybe a bad feeder finger? Jim
Sorry I do not see it. The mint mark is a little funky, but it is common in 1970S cents back when it was done by hand on each working die and...
Maybe ""Pay us to grade your coin again because there's a reasonable chance that we can increase your number of submissions and raise the price...
The Elephant.
Some are desperate, some are hopeful, some are uneducated, some don't care at all. And the same terms apply to the same people who do buy for...
Gigi, welcome ! We try our best, but somewhere out there are sloppy people who drop their change at the pickup window or as they walk from the...
The obverse is hindered by overuse of the die which caused movement of the edges of the lettering and other areas to expand so it appears doubled....
If you won, Send it to ICG to get a real professional opinion at a much reduced price from ICG. I don't see it as being the 8/7 due to the...
Why not cut it into sections and use different techniques or chemicals; that way you can try 6-8 combinations to see their effects(substance used...
The seller may had claimed the roll had been opened and picked. Hard to prove either way or not, so eBay may have got a photo of the roll opened...
Copper takes years to react with normal atmosphere to produce Copper Oxide which starts brown with a change to black if Carbonated water is...
Almost every 1943 OBW I have seen or handled, has had a few discoloration specks and rust on the edges ( which you can't see until you open it, as...
:) my, my!! Fill the hole with drops of acrylic paint of your favorite color , let it get stiff and then stamp or carve your initials and go to...
AnitaMore, The very devisive numbers of "pixels" and "magnification" is used freely by dealers and suppliers. What is important to get an...
Oh, but it can magnify over 100,000X times and can show on a video screen, 3D images of bumps, doubling, and scratches the size of a bacteria's...
If you are like me and want to express artistic strengths and values may find difficulty as to what to draw or paint. Craiyons is an AI program...
With the '43 cents , remember that the coin blanks were punched out of a steel sheet that had been zinc plated. So any 1943 cent where the edges...
Most all banks do not roll their own coins. That would mean they have to have and maintain coin counting machines, have wrapping material and...
I do not think it is a RPM, as if you have a large screen the IGWT and Liberty show some similar shapes. If it is just a RPM , there would be no...
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