When I was shooting professionally, I bought two NEC IPS monitors, which are supposed to have better color and viewing angles than the standard...
Can you feel the ink on it? The ink should be raised from the surface. I don't know if that's the definitive test, but it's what I'd look for.
Take a look at Egypt P48, Russia P35, Ukraine P35 for three other large notes that might be fun to get him. I can scan them if you want pics, but...
The serial numbers are printed separately from the rest of the note, using a letterpress printer. This does leave them embossed (ie, the numbers...
Yep!
You have one more than I do :)
Nice collection!
That's a cool note. It's a miscut, see the first listing at http://papermoneyguide.com/currency_errors.html
Did some googling, and this link appears to show the necessary math, with a graph at the very bottom that shows distance between the centers and...
To my knowledge you have to pay extra for the photos from pcgs, so I'm going to guess whoever slabbed it didn't pay for photos. I could be wrong...
If there is one, it would be taken by the TPG that graded it. Go to the TPG's web site and look up that coin by the number on the slab, and that...
Great piece of work!
No I don't. This is a forum for chat, not a master's thesis. If everyone who wrote anything here had to substantiate their claims with evidence...
Of all the stuff that's potentially wrong in this thread, that's the one that really bugs you? If you disagree, just let us know the real numbers.
All new banknotes have embossing, so there's no premium for them. But for an old note in UNC condition, if it has embossing I would expect a...
Collectors call it "embossing" and it's a desirable attribute. It's one way to help know a note isn't faked (ie, you're not going to get that from...
Dividends got a mention here, but no traction. Most stocks provide dividends, which you could of course cash out and keep the money, or you can...
Well, you do own the silver, at the price you wanted to pay. It just isn't in your hands yet :) This is the same with the stock market. Anytime I...
Personally I wouldn't store a paper collection in a non temperature controlled environment....
Asking in the bullion forum, or even a coin web site will get you pretty skewed results. Mine is about 0.01%
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