I remember back in high school chem lab we would dip a cent in mercury and rub it between thumb and forefinger to make a "silver" (colored) penny....
A friend of the family has asked me what this is worth (because I'm supposed to know "something" about coins). I'm afraid I already know the...
But, it's worth about $12 in silver content according to www.coinflation.com
In the 1930's (and up to 1964) dimes, quarters and halves were silver, and silver tarnish would soil ladies gloves! I'm going to utter heresy...
Thanks Bismothermon for providing those figures. My Kookaburra is a 2001. It seems odd that there is such a range of ASW's, even though we're...
I have a $1 Australian Kookaburra silver coin. It says, "1 oz." right on it, BUT the Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause & Mishler (2004...
GDJMSP is correct, of course. It isn't really worth the time (but it might be fun!). As for harming the coins, GDJMSP is probably right there,...
Oh, come on you guys!! Baking soda causes harm? It has "fumes"? You COOK with it, for cryin' out loud! These are junk coins, ordinary disks...
This may invite the wrath of the purists but if they are really just "junk" silver a mixture of plain old baking soda and water will do fine....
Thank you again DougSmith and Medoraman for your amplifications and explanations. "Condition above all else" is not one of my criteria, in fact...
Thank you Doug Smith for a thoughtful summary of the "value" of ancients and of moderns, too. I had to chuckle over the comment that "... every...
Thank you all for taking the time to answer me and to provide the web-sites I need. I really appreciate it. I guess I'm one of those beginners...
I have recently started to collect coins of the Roman emperors. Most are just copper/bronze, but now I have some of the pricier silver denarii....
Thanks to all of you for your research! It's been very helpful. I didn't expect the actual bill to be worth anything numismatically since it...
My friend gave me a 20 Francs note from "Banque d' Etat du Moroc" (Morocco), a souvenir from her father who was a top turret gunner on a B-24. She...
I doubt the first one is a Confederate token because the reverse says, "The Federal Union, It Can and Must be Preserved". Not a Confederate...
I did some checking on Cuauhtemoc brewery and apparently it was awarded a gold medal at the 1900 Paris exposition. Maybe this is a copy? I...
Thank you, Cucumbor, for the info on the Mexican brewery. When I read up on the Paris 1900 exposition it was mentioned that Campbells Soup was...
Thank you Drusus and JeromeLS. Yes, the devices are the same as on the Olympic medals, but mine doesn't seem to have the same high relief as the...
I forgot to give dimensions. The coin is 27 mm in diameter. It weighs 16.85 grams. The only delicate scale I have measures gunpowder in...
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