I was using "salts" in the chemical sense (ionic compounds).
Back around the 2011 surge, people here were saying refiners usually just sold coins on as coins instead of melting them. Not sure if that's still...
I'm thinking that it can be effectively contagious (salts from one rotting coin draw moisture that can then accelerate the process on others), but...
Man, and I thought I had a tendency to fixate on tiny details! Well-spotted!
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Or the US blinked. Depends very much on your preconceptions.
Some bumps are bigger than others, though (i.e. the 2000 dot-com bubble rupture).
I just don't have the stomach for it these days.
"Most non-collectors" would see a cent, worth one cent. It's conceivable that someone might (despite Carr's strict and oft-repeated instruction...
My heart and my lungs could argue about which one needs the other more, but on the whole I'd rather they keep cooperating.
And getting struck by them, I guess?
LOL, the 1913 nickel says "only 4 left" -- at least their math checks out! Only 4 besides the Walton specimen!
Yeah, someone thought he was an easy mark. Or maybe they just didn't feel like dealing with junk silver. (During the big silver slump ~10 years...
I've gotten a clad coin or two from circulation with that kind of toning. I can imagine getting it from the right or wrong kind of album, but I...
For that volume, I'd consider one of the big online brokers (Kitco, Apmex, JM Bullion). Once upon a time they'd all show their buy prices online,...
I understand the rules for this sort of thing are changing, but I don't think this is a gender issue. ;)
There are guides with photos online. I don't have any bookmarked, I just Google it each time.
One kilo silver, not gold? Cheapskate. ;)
In our town it's 7.5%. So if those evil, greedy corporate overlords kept trying to deceive us by pricing something at 99 cents when it really...
What happens today? Are there really places that will take your cash (but not your checks or credit) when there's no power? Around here, if the...
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