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Distilled vs. tap water... for most uses, tap water works, and if you are excessively anal (short for analytical?), you can do a final rinse with...
Acetone and a q-tip or some hydrocarbon. If you don't have any xylene, you could try cigarette lighter fluid. Wet the q-tip and roll it over the...
Yonkers, do you mean Yankees?
This one looks pretty dirty, so your first step should probably be to soak it in water a couple of days, taking it out periodically and using a...
Didn't see the nickel, started the film 5 min. late
Try the running hot water first, might do the job and won't hurt.
Common type of ancient coin, probably Constantine or one of his kids. Perhaps @chrisild or another monitor could move it to the Ancients Section...
The only proof coin I ever encountered "in the wild" was an Eisenhower dollar that gleamed up at me from the ones I got at the bank. They have a...
If you want to get rid of them in one fell swoop, and know if you have some worth decent bucks, I would approach a smaller coin shop that might...
So...I shouldn't buy that 100 oz silver bar from Craigslist for $200?
"Timing is everything"
Somebody's house got robbed.
AFAIK, MEK will behave exactly the same as acetone. If you use one, little reason to use the other. The order of application isn't particularly...
Wow...just one question, when you sold, did you lose your ...nether regions, lose some, break even or make a bundle?
Thank you, Gentlemen...we only do it for the fun.
MEK is pretty good stuff, but no better than acetone. If you got some, use it.
By Golly that does look like an "S"
Welcome to CoinTalk, good to hear your voice. First off, about cleaning or conserving. If you do nothing with these coins, the substance on the...
I am so bad at detecting real doubling from MD, but the L in Liberty does seem to show notching. I look forward to what the guru's say.
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