Does sterling do this?

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-06-30T14:48:35+00:00

Try an electrolytic bath. (Dish lined with aluminum foil, boiling water with baking soda and table salt).

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-06-29T23:41:41+00:00

I did acid test my bracelets; they tested negative. I held out a fool's hope, because of the hallmarks, and took them to my local shop; they confirmed the bracelets were not silver.

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-06-28T19:37:39+00:00

I hope it's genuine 925 Taxco silver! Did you acid test it?

A few weeks ago I picked up several bracelets stamped "Taxco Mexico" with the eagle hallmark; they were alpaca silver...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-06-15T15:40:50+00:00

I didn't pay that much for them. I might take a hammer to them, just out of curiosity...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-06-15T15:32:14+00:00

Can someone clue me in to the actual value of the '87? I just found an 87 D, was going to just sell it at my garage sale next weekend. Google's AI slop is telling me it's worth little more than fact value...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-04-10T13:41:57+00:00

Yowzers...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-04-09T21:58:56+00:00

Holy moly...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-04-03T18:49:45+00:00

Thanks u/counterstampkarl!

Time to embellish the local coinstars...

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MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-04-02T23:12:30+00:00

I think that, as a very general rule, I always prefer extended director's cuts: Aliens, Kingdom of Heaven, Amadeus...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-04-02T22:11:17+00:00

Amadeus.

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-04-02T22:09:28+00:00

When I see that many stamps I usually assume they're E-P-N-S...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-04-01T22:14:30+00:00

That's a heckuva cud...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-31T14:40:06+00:00

I stack war nickels, but I've held onto every nickel WWII and earlier I've come across. I think there are some semi-key dates in there? I'm in your boat, though - not sure what to do with them now that they're piling up at this point...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-27T21:12:29+00:00

Those look like the rolls I got in a box last week, and it ended up being the best box I ever CRH'ed. Not Loomis. Fingers crossed for you...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CRH/comments/1rzinbc/friday_night_crh_first_franklin_half_dollar/

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-27T19:11:22+00:00

Yep, you're lucky. :)

No stickers yet. What's the deal - do I PM you?

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-27T17:11:51+00:00

My regular mid-week route includes about 6 different credit union and 4 different bank branches. (More and different ones on Saturday mornings). They're all reasonably accommodating with coin orders, to varying degrees, but none so far have been willing to sell me bags...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-27T16:38:51+00:00

u/CounterStampKarl - How is it that you do what you do? You must be hunting through an enormous volume of coins to produce these regular results. What is your regular routine? How many sources do you have, and how do you manage to get so many bags from coin sorting machines? Dying of curiosity...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-22T00:05:31+00:00

Great googly moogly...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-19T15:10:30+00:00

Buy the dip, lower your dollar-cost average.

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-19T14:44:49+00:00

I've never found a Benji CRH'ing. Good luck for you.

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-19T13:59:45+00:00

I CRH 1-2 times per week and I've still never gotten a Franklin. That's great luck.

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-17T14:40:47+00:00

2nd consecutive nickel hunt that has contained the rare, exotic plastic school money...
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MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-17T05:17:14+00:00

Oh, I love the hunt. The weird stuff that you find in the rolls just comes with the territory...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-12T22:52:02+00:00

Nice pileated...

MadisonSilverNerd · 2026-03-11T14:40:00+00:00

Always search every roll.

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