The surfaces, in terms of the original surface which the silver coin used to have prior to being gilded, are already destroyed The coin would most likely have been chemically cleaned prior to the electroplating or whatever technique was used to apply the gilding. Coin collecting (or hoarding) was more common at the time than most collectors would suspect since all we really hear about these days are the well known and wealthy collectors of the gilded age. You have a commemorative medal (not a coin) issued at the columbian exposition in 1893 The piece was issued with an integral loop struck with the medal but your example has the loop missing (as many do) You can see the remnants at 12 o'clock on both sides.
Variety with three upper bands on right pillar Struck in the inaugural year of milled coinage in mexico, this rare pillar. Does anyone have any information on the fairmont collection that can be shared? Thanks for the info eric Whenever i crackout an old green pci slab, i use a small pyrex bowl and give the coin an acetone bath I have the urge to buy a pvc coin (cheap of course) and practice the removal process
Is rinsing with distilled water a necessity eventhough acetone evaporates quickly Given my username, it would follow that i would be attracted to tokens related to chicago So here i present the small subset of my collection now known by the super creative moniker of u1chicago chicago token collection the mainstay and the one that started it all is the c.d I got this from doug davis of ncic today I'm not sure what methodology the thieves will be using to sell, hopefully shops will be on the lookout. Leroy burnette, comments on coins, lima news (lima, ohio), june 24, 1961, p
31, contains a lengthy discussion of the racketeer's nickel (a term that was already in
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