I have Looking Through Lincoln Cents by Charles Daughtrey. The book explains how varieties come about, grading and a year/mint mark analysis. I...
Thanks for the replies. I'm gonna try the WD-40. Again these are not valuable Lincolns, about $5 to $10+ a coin F to VF. But with the "green...
I don't have a digital camera so I can't post any pictures. But your description seems to be in line with what is on the coins. I'll wait for...
I recently was given some old Lincolns (1910 through 1920) and some Buffalo's that have some hardened green stuff attached to the coins. Could...
I use Coin World Premier holders for my raw Morgans. I also purchased the plastic pages that hold 9 holders per page. I put them in a binder and...
I am about to embark on collecting Lincoln Varieties and would like some help formulating a collecting strategy. I'm going to buy Looking Through...
I subscribe to Coin World and Coin Values. They have an online inventory application that I use for all of my coins and it's free with the...
I'm 4 coins short of a complete set 09s-vdb, 09s, 14d and 31s. I haven't seen many nice coins at auction yet but I'm patient. However I have...
I would like to start cherry picking my pocket change (1965-present: 1 cent thru dollars) I already have The Standard Guide to the Lincoln Cent...
When I try to use the links How Doubled Dies are Created and Their Classes. Determining Die Doubling from Other Forms of Doubling. (Requires...
I suggest learning as much as possible about the series you want to collect. There is usually info on the net or most books can be purchased for...
My intent of restoring is not to defraud. I want to learn about detecting attempts to restore coins just like I learned, by means of a self made...
A while back I cleaned some very inexpensive silver and copper coins. I did this because I created a reference set to help me learn how to detect...
Never clean a coin on your own unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing, even if a it has unattractive surfaces. And given the...
I can't tell you how many rolls of coins I've purchased from the bank but I bought alot. The process is very simple. At my bank, if you have an...
It's a coin toss. The only way to tell is to look at the coin under a 5x or more. But since I can't, let me start by asking what the grade of...
I buy most of my coins from Heritage Acution. I have seen at least 5 coins at auction graded by ANACS with a grade but with the caveat on the...
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