Boy Howdy don't I wish ! He's my favorite author by the way. Has been for decades.
Jeff, the rinse in distilled water is only done after the xylene, or acetone as the case may be, has evaporated. And I'll say it for him, Thad...
I did that too Green - didn't get rich :(
Richard - don't worry about not having a coin shop nearby. While always preferable, you don't need a coin shop nearby. All you need are trusted...
Though they are similar, I don't believe that coin was struck with that die. The die cracks that exist on the coin are in slightly different...
Hope that *JK* applies to both comments. Using xylene instead of acetone, follow the same procedure you find here -...
That was the first thing I did. Sorry, but I don't see anything that remotely looks like doubling, of any kind.
"You can't eat just one !"
Thanks Dave, but I've written a book before. It's not an undertaking that I will ever be doing again - too much dang work ! Besides, my...
rsand - If you are going to buy coins, about the best thing you could do for yourself at this point is to establish a relationship with a few...
Uhhhh, well that might be because coinweek merged with coinlink.
I have used this one since it's beginning - http://www.coinlink.com/
You'll find your answers here - http://www.cointalk.com/t193708/
You can use - www.jpscorner.com - that's who I always used.
Depending upon where the wreck is found, and other details, they sometimes claim ownership. But they do not always, I might even say seldom, win...
I have related that story before Dave, a couple of times I think. Perhaps I will again one day. But today, I am exhausted now. I have been writing...
If a coin is washed in - distilled water, or acetone, or xylene, or a commerical coin dip - has that coin been cleaned ? I do not see how you...
Well I'll tell ya Dave, I have actually found clumps of coins like that from a Spanish galleon in the ocean. And cleaning them at all is no easy...
Well I have to admit I certainly am curious to see how this turns out. Proof or business strike ? I think that is a foregone conclusion. I haven't...
It's a different mentality, a different way of thinking. Coins for my personal collection were always purchased because I liked the coin, not...
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