Again I'm reminded how helpful people here are. Thanks to everybody.
The overwhelming consensus is that new collectors should study diligently and establish a relationship with a good dealer. How do people go about...
If you might sell outside the US, consider tax laws. Don't take my word on this, but I seem to remember reading that some countries have better...
This is a great point. The amount "stored" in jewelry and so on is huge, and scrap is a significant contributor to supply (if you can call...
Tungsten is almost exactly as dense as gold, but the speed of sound in it is way different and ultrasound would show a big discontinuity between...
The issue is that you need to have a place to sell it when you want to cash in. Lots of places have advertised buy prices for coins like the gold...
Thinking back to when I was a kid, I think I would have been more interested in coins than in bars, except maybe one of the bars with artwork....
Except for the incident at the Ethiopian central bank, those stories are all unconfirmed reports from Rob Kirby's anonymous sources. That would...
It just hit me that the problem may already have been solved, but in a totally useless way from a collector's point of view. If the authorities...
Do you see that as reflecting market conditions, or as a result of the fact that the seller had only 20 transactions worth of feedback and a "no...
Look up "Gresham's Law" As long as the value is "a quarter" as far as the corner store and the vending machine are concerned, people will spend...
The diameter of an item of neutral silver is around 300 picometers depending on who you ask. If I can get a decimal point correct, .0003...
I'll never get around to it, but it would be kinda cool to collect some of the bullion coins that Kahre and company paid their workers as a tax...
At the risk of being pedantic and distracting attention from the point you were making, an atom is way smaller than a micron.
Does luster survive dipping? I thought I had read that it doesn't, but of course I could be mistaken or it could depend on exactly how the dipping...
It worries me a little that jewelry demand is down, given that it's 70% of the market for gold. A key unanswerable question is whether the...
Noob question: how big a number is that? Limited-edition coins that are supposed to be scarce seem to have mintages in four digits. The total...
Very thrifty of you to take advantage of the volume discount: "Buy 5 or more for $23,221.36 Each" :-) I wonder how big it is? It must be...
Brainstorm about coins for special tips I like the idea of dropping something unusual and fun in the tip jar at the coffee shop, but I'm not sure...
Asking so I can learn ... There's a widespread opinion among experienced collectors, not just here, that the America the Beautiful coins are...
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