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Funny thing... the Google ad at the bottom of the page was for Maas metal polish when I looked at this thread. Talk about coincidence...
Actually, with silver at $7.18 or thereabouts (I haven't looked at Kitco today) a cull Peace is worth a little under $5.00 melt. One in F or...
They might make them from Nordic Gold alloy the Swedish government developed for their coins. The Poles used it for their 2 zloty coins in the...
Yes there are some good sellers on ebay. There are also hundreds of crooks. Here's a feedback tool which will help with power sellers who do...
Aw, please. Ebay's buyer protection isn't worth fooling with. You may be able to get part of your money back after a few months of jumping...
Typical government brilliance. Those are the two strongest complaints about the failed Sack of shoo-shoo dollar, the "golden" finish which turns...
Those are some very nice Morgans. Thanks for posting the pics.
I wasn't very clear on that I guess. I meant that with runs of half a billion coins, MS70s will be relatively common compared to the number of...
Jeff, It sounds as though you saw a regular proof with some dark toning or dirt which someone may have bathed a little in something mild. How...
Everybody has an opinion on collecting graded coins, so your opinion on what makes the most enjoyable pursuit in collecting is what should always...
Ahem..... well, actually, brown spots/ toning on silver is oxide while black or gray spots/toning is sulphide. Brown toning can happen from...
I like the title of this thread: "The Art of Coin Grading". Since, no matter what standards are used, the application of those standards is...
Georgia, all of the Morgans you have are worth putting in some new inert holders even if you don't have them looked over right away by a dealer...
The speculators you're talking about didn't go broke buying gold coins. They went broke trying to ride the commodities market. Those who simply...
Sure, you can buy a quarter ounce gold coin they've denominated "ten dollars" for around $125 of the paper dollars. That certainly makes the...
Yep, I agree that better compositions exist and that one could have been used. The "Nordic Gold" alloy developed by the Swedish monetary...
If you intend to sell your coins, don't waste time showing them to collectors. There are several large dealers who advertise in the coin...
Surely you've heard of this: http://www.southerncaucus.org/267.htm Besides this being the central reason for South Carolina's quarter...
Andy, most jeweler's tool and supply outfits have digital scales with selectable readouts for pennyweight, gram and troy ounce weights Check FDJ...
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