Hello everyone, I am sorry for not checking in sooner but there have been some urgent family matters lately. I have read the above posts, and...
dsmith23, I shall look into their services, thank you for that information. ldhair, In the first post, I wrote, "There are what looks like high...
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Hello Collect89, Thank you. I took more images tonight and found out that I could zoom even closer. All I had to do was slide the collar forward,...
It is very simple, I have proven you all wrong. I know what the test results are. YOU all need to prove me wrong. As I said, Show me your acid...
Oh, and about the coin being road rashed, here's a bunch of road rashed Lincoln cents I've collected over the years. A road rashed coin will have...
Hello everyone, Collect89, I checked the links you provided and shall go over them in order. My post will be long but will not be verbose as...
Actually, I was correct the first time. This article is from Angelo State University on the oxidation of copper and nitric acid:...
Hellorascal, I can imagine that the heating elements of a electric clothes dryer gets very hot, but you must remember that clothes will burn at a...
Yes, my mistake, acid does dissolve metals. Just substitute 'oxidize' with 'dissolve' in my previous posting.
Hello all, I was posting a lot of pictures using my old Sony TRV30 video camera's still picture capture feature, which isn't much as the...
Hello everyone, I recently found this 1974 D coin that has some machine doubling on the reverse side of 'America' and the monument. I could see...
I just thought of something else. If this were an acid dipped coin, wouldn't the acid oxidize the metal, lowering and thinning out the letters?...
Hello non_cents, I had thought of acid too, but I experimented dipping pure copper pennies in acid and it did not give the same results. Acid...
Hello Collect89, Thank you for letting me know I posted in the correct forum. I was thinking of posting it in the 'Coin Roll Hunting' forum as I...
Hello Everyone, I recently stumbled upon this penny. It's a 1968 D that has some very unusual markings. Even the pillars on the reverse side...
Hello non_cents, I've been studying this penny, and I don't think it's that 'dryer cent'. I'm still very new and learning, but I have a very...
Okay, I admit it now. I'm hooked big time and my view of the world of coins has been forever changed. It has also changed me. Remember long ago...
Hello, I'm a kind of new member and I've found quite a bit of those 1982 pennies with the 2 doubled, and they only occur on the zinc ones. I've...
Hello again, If someone would please help me. How do I find what posts I've already made so I can add on to them? So far, the only way I've been...
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