Does anyone know a simple way to remove gilt from a silver coin?
Apr 30, 2025 · "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 …
Gilted or Gilded? — Collectors Universe
Apr 22, 2017 · Looking up the definition this morning, I find it spelled both ways. Gilted and Gilded.
1883 LIberty nickel Cents vs. No Cents Values and why
Jan 8, 2023 · 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 …
1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition Commemorative Coin
Oct 15, 2025 · 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.
Fairmont Collection of Liberty Double Eagles - Page 3
Jan 10, 2025 · This type of information was provided in great detail for the Gilded Age collection of mint state double eagles sold by Stack’s-Bowers several years ago. Does anyone have any …
Mexico 1732 milled 8 reales simply AMAZING provenance Stack's …
Jul 15, 2024 · MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1732-Mo F. Mexico City Mint. Philip V. PCGS Genuine--Harshly Cleaned, AU Details. Lot Description MEXICO. 8 Reales, 1732-Mo F. Mexico City …
The U1chicago Chicago token collection — Collectors Universe
Jun 29, 2021 · 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 …
Detecting and dealing with PVC - An example - Page 2
Mar 8, 2005 · 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 …
The true origin of the "racketeer" nickel... or is it?
Mar 2, 2013 · using gilded nickels for fraudulent purposes in 1883-85 that the Tatum story would certainly have circulated in the popular press if it had been at all widely known. LeRoy …
My home town of Baltimore is proud to display The Gold Rush-era …
Jun 29, 2008 · A Gilded Age mansion, it was built in the 1850’s and purchased in 1878 by John Work Garrett, president of the B&O Railroad for his son, T. Harrison Garrett and his young family.