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These are silver. Anything denominated in "francs", pre-world-war-I, is going to be either silver or gold. (View Post)

Your coin is a copper pysa from Zanzibar, a small island off the coast of East Africa that is now part of Tanzania (the "zan" in the name "Tanzania" comes from "Zanzibar"… (View Post)

Two things can be said with certainty: (1) It's not "an obvious fake", of the kind that is easily apparent from an online photo (2) Although the general type is found in the FORVM fake coin… (View Post)

Two things to be aware of there: First, if you're thinking of using them after an acetone bath, don't actually use the gloves to fish coins out of the acetone or otherwise get wet acetone directly on… (View Post)

Apparently it depends on your jurisdiction. Some states (specifically: Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont… (View Post)