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Robber is vulcanized with sulphur. The sulphur is what reacted with the silver. E-Z- est will take some off but usually not all even after a long soak. After that, nitric acid or emory paper will wor… (View Post)

That was a good buy. Like was posted, acetone removes holograms and decals. Some of the coins turn out very nice. (View Post)

Nice group. I've always like the poured bars better. (View Post)

No mention of weight. The heft of those canisters would give you a clue if it was gold or not. Jewlers in that era used gold shot (mostly 14k) or Mexico 50 Peso reduced with copper. Gold was tightly … (View Post)

Hardly. After working for a shop for 10 years under the onerous city recording and reporting rules, not one item was identified as stolen or not belonging to the seller. The only suspect collection o… (View Post)