Try a neodymium magnet test, plenty of vids on youtube, this will find out if the coin has a high silver content. It works too as I now use this...
Try the Neodymium magnets to test for the 'diamagnetism' of the silver coins. There are also some demonstrations on youtube, having tried this on...
Indeed Many thanks Martinl1983, I see you found the forum then :) (just received the coins you sent 10 minutes ago, all top drawer as described)...
Congrats Antonis, am enjoying the pics as I have seen a rather tasty 1844 half Sov at one of my local merchants at a reasonable price/premium, am...
Congrats Kendo, is nice to get 'summat for nowt' as we say in Yorkshire. I would hang ontp the one you have and maybe consider grading that coin...
We can hope matey, the mule britannias just went up to 100+ for 1 coin on the bay, no one seems to have jumped on the lunar horses yet, a certain...
http://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/pair-royal-mint-mules-spurs-speculation/ Ha ha, you heard it here first!! From the above article:...
Atm my stack ain't big enough to attract CGT however I intend it will be sooner or later as am stacking for a pension hedge fund and hope to...
According to this video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sJSwKe5Ev8 Some good tips on removing them too. Guy here says its Borax...
For me its UK Sovereigns all the way, easy to test, just weigh an measure dimensions along with comparing to good coins, easy to store or hide...
I noticed something similar on one of my coins the other day though I can't recall which one, oddly enough I have 5 ASE's and didn't notice....
Erm just got myself a 10 pack of the 45cal 1oz bullets, bit pricey at 215 UK GBP for 10 but am gonna solder a bale on em an sell em as pendants...
Recently a Jersey 20pence coin and some rather nice 50p coins, all circulated but still nice. Am currently looking for 1983 mule 2p coins with...
I would get that in writing if I were you, at the very least an email as not all Government agencies and their staff are as well trained or...
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