there is a kid making fun of me for collecting coins, and he says if i show him a coi made of nothing but diamonds, he'll stop. so is there one?
Can't possibly be a "coin" as we know it made only from diamonds, as diamonds are harder than anything you could use to strike it with (hammer and anvil dies in a coin press). But I guess you could etch or cut a diamond out to be used as coinage. Still don't know if you could call it a coin if it had no denomination on it, and I can't say there can be a full diamond coin with the denominations we are used to on coins. (Value of diamond is way more than the denomination)
PS, anyone who taunts someone to challenge "them" to do something to stop the taunting is worthless in my estimation. I know it's hard, but just ignore him. Or, conversely, invite him to start collecting. It could be he is either just a bully, or he might be slightly jealous that you have an interest in something he knows nothing about.
There is a coin with a diamond IN it...Royal Canadian Mint, 2012, limited to 1500 coins, three hundred dollar gold coin, cost of $1999.00. Not made of diamonds...but it might fit the bill! You could show him a picture. Kasia is right though. Ignore the taunts. Show him some of your collection.
Yes - ignore the taunts. You know how much fun collecting is. Heck even at my age sometimes when I mention it people shake their heads and can't understand it. They don't know what they are missing.
thank you all! i will have to show him the one with the diamond in it. and he seems to be jealous when i showed him my... 1949-S franklin half i just bought for... 50 cents! :devil:
Well considering there are probably well over 100 US coins that are each now worth over $1 million a piece, they might as well be made out of diamonds! BTW don't even respond to uninformed kids like this. I know these things seem like a big deal now, (I was a kid once), you are learning about art, history, economics, etc by your collection, while he is probably getting brain damage from too much dodgeball. You will get yoru revenge later in life when you are a well rounded educated young man, and his claim to fame will be asking you, "Do you want fries with that?"
There are low temperature methods of coating metals with molecular thicknesses of diamond (as a post striking treatment), which would eliminate wear. Diamond coins could be grown with devices, dates, and such, but even though extremely hard, is quite brittle and easily chipped or fractured ( think pre-laser era "cutting" with a wedge and mallet). Both deposition and growing are very expensive and/or time consuming, and would only be done as a curiosity, not a denominated coin. Ask to see his diamond collection and maybe you will take it up also Jim P.s. I am not impressed at all by diamonds. They are readily available and could be 25% of current prices, if diamond cartels were not in almost complete control. There are many other natural gems that are much higher per carat.
Me neither. I would take a good ruby or emerald over a diamond anyday. They are, (of course you could say better), probably about 1000 times rarer at least than diamonds. You have to admit that Debeers did a heck of a sales job on American ladies!
I agree. I see this all the time at work. People see me reading a coin magazine and start asking questions. They're amazed coins can cost so much and don't understand why people collect them. Usually when I ask what they collect it's always the same answer...nothing, because they're too far in debt with $2500 a month house payments, $1200 boat payments, $900 car payments and a grand or more a month in child support. And I'm the odd ball for collecting coins?! Guy
No, the carbon crystal structure has a different arrangement from charcoal, lamp black ( soot), buckyballs ( Fullerene) and nanotubules, all of which are carbon atoms arranged differently with different physical properties. Compression alone can't change the crystal arrangement. Diamonds can burn to CO2 at medium temperatures ( costly) Jim
Anyone who makes fun of another is a bully. If you can’t convert him, ignore him and enjoy collecting your money. Even though money isn’t everything, it’s a big part of what “Makes the world go round” and some people will be envious if you have more than them.
He is changing the "rules". There are black diamonds that are opaque or semi-opaque. They have the same properties. They use to be sent to be broken up for grinding and cutting tips on saw blades until a prominent NY jewelry chain told everyone how "rare" they were, and now they are sold for many times the "diamond grit" price.
Wow, this is gorgeous. As you can see from my profile I love diamonds, and am always looking for new information. I have never seen this coin before.
