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Fundamentally, the reason why they call it "Mexico" is because the world coin catalogues they base their coin listings off have always called it "Mexico". Which simply kicks the c… (View Post)

Some collectors will care about provenance - even non-famous or unimportant previous owners - more than others. The people who care will add value. Asking "how much value" is like asking &q… (View Post)

Yet another interesting piece of numismatic history. B) I find it interesting the suggestion from Chairman Barnwell back in 1861, that, if Confederate coinage were to be issued at that time, rather t… (View Post)

Acetone and mineral oil are quite chemically different; the only similarity is that they are both petroleum-derived, and both are flammable (though acetone somewhat more so). Acetone is a pure chemic… (View Post)

That's "maximum 3% VOC". In other words, it's probably higher than 97% acetone, but falling as low as 97% acetone won't fail their quality control process. VOCs are, by definiton, volatile,… (View Post)