Months ago I remember seeing eBay auctions for Chinese copied coins, only these never had the word "copy" or "replica" anywhere. The seller even...
I like the toning! But then again, I don't really understand why people collect these things as coins... I'm mean they're supposed to be...
I read that "back in the day" some places would purposely misspell words on the currency to fool counterfiters... Bad day and age to be a...
Very cool story, Jean! How did you come across that little tidbit? Did your family remain in CT? Are you in CT?
They sell their eternal souls to Lucifer and he teaches them this most foul alchemy.
Imagine carrying a half-dozen of those around in your pocket... talk about weighing your pants down! No wonder Scotish men switched to kilts! ;)
Gatzdon, great idea, but these notes have a little too much wear on them for me to try that I think, especially on the edges. I'd be too afraid of...
Interesting. He's sure it's gold but can't tell you the carat? Did he test it or was this all by eye?
How much does it weigh? Did the goldsmith give you any details on it like the gold purity? If he's offering you more then melt value, maybe he...
On an impulse I bought a 10.5 gram solid platinum ring on eBay just before Xmas for a little less then melt. For a week or two after I was kind...
Yes, I was hoping to avoid that if at all possible. It's not like the notes are worth much, but I'd just like to avoid potentially doing more...
I recently aqquired a bunch of out WWII era European notes. Most are in bad shape and have dates and signatures on them (servicemen I assume)...
Well there you have it... it must have been planted by his wife! Case closed. ;)
Someone should write a book... that way we'd all have properly cleaned and preserved coins!
That is an EXCELLENT question.
NCS... they're cleaning the coins!! Whereabouts do these guys fall in the TPG hierarchy?
Dude probably got burned during the Beanie Babies and Pokemon crazes... now he's an anti-collector.
I read somewhere that if you put all the gold in the world into an olympic sized swimming pool, you'd end up with three swimming pools full. If...
How much are those Whitman folders in your area? I bet if you gave out those wheaties and memorials along with a folder, we'd have 11 new...
Outstanding find! Haha! I KNEW you were going to say you went back into that shop-vac and took a look through those dust bunnies... ;)
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