BillDugan1959 ✭✭✭✭✭

You can't "do coins" without one of these: (View Post)

The George III copper coinage of 1797 was (of course) struck under contract by Matthew Boulton at his Soho Mint near Birmingham - not at the Royal Mint in London. The idea to strike such heavy (and f… (View Post)

There are quite a few test scratches on the suspect coin, so you are not the first person to notice this. People are going to ask if you have the ability to weigh the coin. (View Post)

A standard bronze small Cent is 3.11 grams. Zinc coated steel Cent of 1943 is 2.70 grams. Modern copper coated zinc Cent is 2.50 grams. (View Post)

Bleach or E-Z-Zest (commercial coin cleaning fluid) or other chemicals might produce a similar lightening of the surfaces. Need not be especially 'plated'. (View Post)