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"Dipping" cupronickel coins is more problematic than dipping silver coins, as anything corrosive enough to remove stains and oxidation from the surface is also likely to be strong enough to… (View Post)

This is a good example of "this thread is useless without pictures". Because, as jmlanzaf said, "verdigris" is impossible to develop on silver coins, as it requires a copper-based… (View Post)

As an outsider looking in (I'm from Australia), my main "complaint" about US coinage in general is that it's way too verbose. Too wordy. The coin the OP has posted is not guilty o… (View Post)

Most collectors don't buy "sets" intact, because most collectors already have at least some of the items in any set they're interested in pursuing and don;t like buying "dupl… (View Post)

Whatever its origin, it is not ancient in style. Probably more like 17th to 19th century. (View Post)