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It is, essentially, impossible for a coin to be struck with only one side. TO make a coin, you need to squeeze it between two dies. If one of the dies is missing, there's nothing to squeeze against a… (View Post)

Mercury would probably have all evaporated away by now, and not look as silvery as this. Nor would it be as patchy. And agree it's a silvered penny, plated outside of the mint and not some kind of mi… (View Post)

Let me do the maths: New coins (so far) acquired in 2024: 347 New coins acquired in 2023: 158 So one might well assume another 200 to 300 would be added in 2025. But after 35+ years of singleness I'v… (View Post)

Most of the things used in modern paints are industrial solvents - toluene, xylene, acetone, such like. They're exactly the kinds of solvents we would normally recommend to clean coins with. So in ge… (View Post)

Acetone won't remove tarnish. You'd need something like E-z-est dip, or the baking soda and aluminium foil method. (View Post)