If you think that is bad, see what is happening to miners
Because Platinum and Palladium markets are miniscule compared Silver and Gold. Same is the case with Rhodium.
But that test doesn't proof 100% it is silver, it was discussed while back in another forum and one posters who is metallurgist stressed the...
Keep in mind some of the sellers are selling because of hard times (recently widowed) or in some cases they are stolen item and they need to dump...
Most of the fakes can be caught without performing non destructive tests: Do the magnet test, check the coin thoroughly for any signs of plating...
Same reason why ebay doesn't do damn thing about shill bidding because they stand to make $$ from it...
They fit but not tightly and tend to move around when traveling. My concern is if they can scratch up the slabs when moving long distance.
When you buy silver for close to spot for non reputable dealer or online, just be sure to do your due diligence and verify they are real. There...
I have many favorites but as i have posted earlier my most interesting favorite has to be this coin since i didn't even know how rare it was when...
Here is another one of my recent buys, checkout the wiki article on the Queen if you are into history of Korean peninsula. Coin is in very nice...
Keep in mind some of these buyers could be international who generally don't frequent American sites.
It is advertisement, in order to increase view/watch count for his other coin listings. Which would also benefit his google search rank.
Been busy traveling picked a few nice coins last couple months here is first one: Pretty unique triangular coin to commemorate the Kroon. Not a...
There are many new European issues' for silver and gold which sell around 2x the face value (i.e France 2009 10 Euro .78 oz of Silver sells for...
Fear of Chinese economy slowing down so you have people taking $$$ while they can.
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