From 1 machine ? 5 minutes, tops.
$10 in the late-1970's was shoveling 2 driveways for me, assuming 3-8". :D
Yeah, wood would have totally fallen apart after hundreds of years....underground vents......covered up....if the ships aren't there, gonna be...
The problem is that we have NO idea where they are so unless someone wants to scour the entire oceans and seas -- or at least the heavily...
Here's a stupid question: 10 scratches/dings all disbursed around the coin looks "better" than 10 scratches all concentrated in one area like the...
Love this post. And you definitely "get it." :D
I meant shipwrecks in the "modern era" of transportation, since 1800 or so. Any ships that went down, there's a written record pretty much for...
They won't slab obscene or criminal momentos. What BB21 and others are saying is that non-legal tender commemoratives -- private coins, so to...
As a general rule....would you say that HIGH-END Morgans have held up over the last decade....wheras cheaper commons and coins < $1,000 have been...
Absolutely, with new supply. That was my point. I may get that Bowers HOARD book.
Check out the National Park Saint-Gaudens commemoratives.
I think the SS Central America and the 1857-S are unique in hoard history and supply/demand issues....the publicity from the find, and the very...
Interesting, Mark....what was the population pre and post-hoard ? How much did prices drop to make it affordable for you ?
They don't charge an admission fee EXCEPT if you come in like the 1st day or something ? Or they charge every day just more for the 1st day ?
Remember...larger coins show the features even nicer.
I don't know what his game is, but if he's deliberately "cornering the market" he's not really being courteous to his fellow collectors. And if...
The fear is their use in the drug and illicity trades, plus counterfeiting.
That's why CT is here, to provoke, discuss, back-and-forth. Hell, if we all agreed with one another this place would be pretty boring. :D Feel...
I hope to hit FMTM this weekend.....
Hey, that's Miss Mona Lisa Vito's line !! :D
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