Whatever metal is used has to cost less than $2/lb., which narrows things down. Add a few more decades of inflation and it will be even harder to...
Olive oil acidity: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090317064821AAWvpHu There's doubtless a more authoritative answer out there, but...
It's a low mintage ...
Why do you think so?
What to avoid Respectful debate attracts respectful debate, but politics attracts crazies, and crazies attract more crazies. People I disagree...
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What about coins with edge lettering? Doesn't handling those by the edges with bare hands cause fingerprint damage to the "third surface"?
I haven't seen a place taking preorders.
Thank you, Yakpoo! So the edge lettering isn't done as part of the strike, by making it part of the cylindrical band that keeps the coin from...
Taco Bell and $2 bills in the past: http://www.snopes.com/business/money/tacobell.asp Snopes couldn't find out for sure whether it really...
Any redesign on size or material would have to meet the needs of vending machine manufacturers and users, or else overcome their lobbying.
I'm not a graphic artist, but it seems to me like there's enough room in the field to put something the size of the eagle on a Franklin, which...
I wonder if more detail will show up on the 3-inchers. The law does say they're supposed to be "exact" duplicates, which might rule out using a...
It's scientific even if it's not rigorous I hope the attachment works, it's one of the better strips from the web comic XKCD.
I gather it's supposed to look like this? http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/workman1/ On my Hot Springs quarter I have an arrowhead...
This is a great article, and it's in the spirit of further improvement that I point out that 9.8 newtons is the force exerted by a 1-kilogram...
The three inch five ounce coins still don't have an official release date or even a price, but the Mint has bought a press for them, lined up a...
So ... Don't like the designs, don't like the concept, don't like the overload of 56 things to collect over 11 years, series fatigue from having...
If I follow my inclinations and just keep mine and look at them, am I passing up easy money that I could have gotten with the grade-and-flip game?...
No idea how to fix it. Are you sure all the coins were the same alloy? The first thing that comes to mind is dissimilar metal corrosion.
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