Put the coin on a clean flat hard surface such as a smooth concrete floor. Take a large rubber mallet hammer and hit the coin in a nice smooth...
I recently got a super nice 1926 Sesquintennial gold $5 coin from a seller on ebay who's seling her coin collection her grandpa left her one coin...
I've found that thumbing works on some lower grade silver dimes and such that have black ugly splotchy toing on the sides of the faces and thus...
....the answer my friend, is blowing in the wind....
Here's what ANI graded the coin. LOL!
cloudsweeper....no grading company would have slabbed that coin in the state it was in and probably not in the state it's in now. It was a...
My scans don't look nothing like they do in person. Not sure why they look so much different when I download them to my computer. The coin don't...
last photos I soaked the coin in mineral oil a few more days and then got a pin and methodically over a period of about 4 hours removed all the...
another ANI graded coin to guess the grade! Here's another ANI coin that I recently purchased. Anyone care to give a grade on what the holder...
MS 61 and no higher IMO! Maybe ANI don't take off for bag marks??? Coin does have a nice strike and full feathers on the bird, but sure has had...
I rarely EVER list anything on ebay during the summer months but actually do a LOT of buying during the summer to try to snag a bargain here and...
From the "thank God" finally NARU'd Savannah seller on ebay....."Looks all good to me!"
Very interesting thread this is! Personally I send all my coins to ANACS because they are reasonably priced and do slab problem coins thus no...
I've got a coin or two graded by ANI and there's one ebay seller I know who sells a good bit of their coins. Both coins I have seemed to be close...
For a diversified and rather tough US collection of coins, you might try putting together a US type set in AU-50 or better grade. (Make sure to...
You know, you're actually right. After looking at the before and after photos, it did look a bit better with the original toning it had but I...
Well, couldn't stand it anymore, so this afternoon, charged up my batteries and took off to the neighboring town to see if I could find anything...
photo's of coin after treatment Here are some scans I took of the 1794. First scans were about a week ago after some soaking in mineral oil for...
hmmmmm....guess I should have waited until I got all the information before I went to buying anything...those results for the Biox don't look too...
just another tidbit for anyone who has metal detectors.....I've found that the new quick charge rechargeable batteries do a great job and after...
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