I think that the economy has improved! The USD is staying strong, The banks ( no matter how much one hates them) have strengthened their...
Either pull the knives out, or stop patting yourself on the back :).....and leave my "poooff" wand out of it.
Guys, this is getting very close to forum rules. All buying/selling/trades must be done in the appropriate subforums. So if you want to use PM (...
Until you decide what to do, go to a 99 cent store and buy a box of sandwich size zip locks ( I get 60 for 99 cents) and put one coin in each....
No, I wouldn't call anyone with over 100 posts a lurker. Maybe an infrequent poster, but not a lurker. Don't be worried about when you post. It...
It is always a good sign on any committee, organization, or forum, when the members start to realize that they have an inherent "ownership" in the...
Always nice to see members being active participants in numismatics. Congratulations !! Jim
If a person was not an assayer themsleves , then the issuer of the coin/token certainly mattered. Many non-governmental gold coin/tokens were...
I have one hole in my Lincoln set, and I intend to leave it, that way it is not complete and always one of my priorities when I go to shows.
As most active collectors, I have been the recipient of such grades, even though I have possessed them from "white", so my comments are not...
Actually, this is one of the best online tools if you use the search box above in the blue menu bar. Rlm has quite a few of posts similar to this...
I am sure you don't realize how much actual time it takes to try and allow some references to non-numismatic sources for threads such as...
A magician coin is one made by combining faces of 2 separate coins. Thus a 2 headed lincoln cent or say a morgan dollar could be made usually by...
I think the problem is not that the albums are responsible for this toning ( due to it appearing rather even over all, rather than more near the...
Even though the processes of "futures", contracts, margins, "for delivery", shorts/longs, physical/paper, options, SLV/GLD, and more have been...
Without seeing a good photo, I believe the odds are like Doug said ^ . I think the chnance of it coming back cleaned or treated are quite high....
Large date. Wow my 6000th post :)
I do not feel that the abstract quoted above spells out all of the details of this experiment. Here is an illustration of the setup and since I...
It is a large date 70-S and common. Use the search function box in the blue menu bar above to find other threads on large vs. small date cents.
http://www.bochk.com/web/common/multi_section.xml?section=investment&level_2=precious_metals&fldr_id=251 The truth is somewhat different than the...
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