good deal - yes I vote for acetone in case the dullness and crud at the Eagle's tail is organic. Use a soft que-tip to gently try to remove...
cleaned-yes my vote is that it was cleaned. Look at the fields between the rim and the stars and compare it to the fields between the stars...
mea culpa I'll try to be more exacting on my posts and add the Danger, Danger, Will Robinson warnings. I'm not an avid coin cleaner and I'm...
Gee thanks, Carl. While four shows a month are attractive for me (but definitely not my wife), I'm sitting in Southern California in near 70°...
cleaning with acetone Minor point (maybe not so minor) but someone earlier on a post said about cleaning coins something along the lines of...
Carlsbad, CA :thumb:
salute As I remember (being a member of the original speciality Exploring Post 102), we were supposed to use a three finger salute. However,...
"lost"? If it does surface (most likely in a year or so - hey, I'm cynical), you could write her and ask her to buy it at the previous auction...
SoCal shows Thanks for the complement. After many years, I got back into collecting and put together a complete 20th century mint set (copper...
"Lost" currency I didn't look at the eBay sale, but did the auction show the notes serial number? It would be interesting to see if it ever...
coin shows in Southern California Next to Long Beach, which would be the next best (2 or 3) shows you like?
Break in Charmy, Have you talked to the police and asked them to pay additional attention to your house? It never hurts to have an extra...
For those of you who live in Southern California, I'd like your comments on which shows to attend. I live a couple of hours from downtown LA and...
What's on Santa's list That was a fantastic post :bow:, Thanks!. Now to coins. My guess is that while I might get a gift certificate for my...
toning As far as the Wayte Raymond holders, could they have been made with a paper with a higher sulfur content? If you are trying to tone...
prep for holder (and I don't mean the AG) I'm not a ultra-purist. In case I've accidently gotten my paws on the coin, I'll use acetone...
water in solvents Most likely water s part of an organic solvent shouldn't be a problem as long as you (carefully) dry it off after cleaning....
solvents There are a number of organic solvents that can be used to remove surface contamination. Alcohols (methanol, ethanol, isoproponal, ...),...
Don't tell ... . Yep, I'm doing the presidentials, but in the 4 page Whitman folder. I'm also collecting the bronze Spouse medals (I'd rather...
elongating steel I don't know the pressure that is applied, but putting a steel penny in one of those elongation machines could damage it (the...
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