The SA Mint doesn't even publish mintages for Krugerrands anymore, and they're super sketch. That country is pretty much a write-off at this...
Right, I agree with most of what you wrote. I agree that you have to be a bad person to pull this, or at least a distinctive, atypical person....
It wasn't really an employee in this case. It was FedEx Ground, so it was an independent contractor. They buy their vehicles and paint them and so...
There's an interesting hitch with the Eagle, Krugerrand, and Sovereign in a number of countries – they're subject to consumption tax, typically...
That's not how security features work. They have to be known to be useful. You can't authenticate a coin if you can't observe the security...
I'm trapped in California for the time being, so I have to mentally correct for that skew. Everything is needlessly inflated here, certainly...
Really? I hadn't seen anything about that. Relatedly, digging into the whole "real" inflation controversy, CPI validity, etc. is on my To-Do list,...
Hi all – In 2019 and 2020, there was a lot of coverage about how the upcoming new silver and gold Eagles (2021 Type 2) were going to introduce new...
Do you mean opaque plastic, or clear? I can't tell from these photos of ANACS and ICG slabs what the sides are like: ANACS slab by Sunbird posted...
Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but third-party shipping insurance is a super duper alternative to USPS insurance, or any carrier's insurance....
Hi all – I'm trying to get a visual on what kind of side view grading service slabs give you. I don't own any slabbed coins yet, so I'm looking...
The claims about the Krugerrand being the world's most popular gold bullion coin are wildly false. It's not even close to being true. Production...
I didn't want to use Q-Tips on coins. It's more that it's such a strange claim that Q-Tips can scratch metal, and it's relevant to what I actually...
If possible I'd like to get some clarity on the science of abrasion, especially regarding the claims that cotton can scratch metal coins all by...
I don't want to use Q-Tips on valuable coins. My interest was more about the effects of fabric and paper for storage, and the Q-Tips claims seem...
I already Googled it, and Ducked it. If you can find the date in the first page of search results, that would be interesting. Otherwise you're...
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