I hate you :)
I'm still confused by "suilfur gas"...is it H2S or SO2?
So, hits from other coins could keep a coin from grading?
I've played around with cents more than silver. Heat does some interesting things. You could try sealing some silver in a jar along with some...
Actually hydrogen sulfide is quite toxic and nothing to play with.
Good stuff
What the heck is sulfur gas?!!!
Dang
I actually never noticed the clash until I saw the photo.
Check under coins of Ptolemy BTW, great buy!
Looks to be some wear on the leaves of the wreath and the bow. I think it is an AU58 that is nicer than an MS60 or perhaps even 62
If the dies are polished, it wouldn't reach into the recesses where the design is, only the fields that would be raised on the die.
As a chemist, I worked around soooooooooooo many stinkies...
Not a proof, but did you notice the clash of the shield behind the Indian's head [ATTACH]
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OK, I watched/listened to your YouTube and they all really sound pretty much the same to me. What kind of surface were you dropping them on? Try...
I have used the "sound" technique a couple of ways...dropping pennies on a hard surface to separate Zincolns quickly and holding a suspected...
The answer to whether it is steel or copper is easy...does it stick to a magnet? If it does, it's a copper plated steel cent...if not take it to...
Two Romans and a Greek walk into a bar to help with my dark side fascination: [IMG] [IMG] Constantine The Great and his youngest kid Constans...
Interesting and fun
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