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. I have, what i am calling, a commemorative coin from the 1893 worlds columbian exposition in chicago It is about 1 1/8 inches in diameter. 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. Does anyone have any information on the fairmont collection that can be shared?
Variety with three upper bands on right pillar Struck in the inaugural year of milled coinage in mexico, this rare pillar. 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 I've heard that the old green pci/hallmark slabs have pvc (that shower curtain smell)
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 Let me start by saying that i know next to nothing regarding modern sports cards (post 1990 for me) However, i do have a growing collection of some of each of the sports all time greats' rookie cards, including moderns like brady, trout, lebron etc I recently purchased a 2000 bowman chrome brady psa 10 The current market suggests the chrome sells for about 75% more than the non chrome.
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.
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