Thanks for the suggestions ... very helpful. I probably won't take the plunge until summer when there are fewer folks spewing Covid. Cal
I’ve been a buyer on eBay for almost as long as it’s existed. I have over 1000 purchases (very few are coins) with 100% positive feedback. I’d...
Yup. 296 ml of 90% x 1.29 = 382 ml 70%. 382 -296 = 86 ml of water to add. 90 ml is close 'nuf. But the way I remove labels from slabs and just...
OK. Here’s the solution … pun, pun, pun. :D V70 is the volume of 70% you want, and V90 is the amount of 90% needed to make V70. The mass of...
It's not artificial intelligence; it's artificial stupidity. Cal
I was astonished at the bright purple toning in this PCGS photo of a Morgan fifty cent copper pattern. It’s J-1602 and PR66+RB. And yeah, I...
One reason for the $200 limit may be related to efforts by several countries to lower the highest denomination of currency with the mistaken...
1 Ounce platinum commems and bullion are $100 face. Cal
The ASE and AGE obverse designs are by outside artists in the early 20th century. The AGE design was done at the behest of a rare president who...
Below is my most recent, a 1900 Paris Exposition bronze medal by Chaplain, PCGS MS64. The exposition was huge, and hundreds of bronze, silver...
Thefts occurred over 10 years ago, but legal wrangling over sentencing of thieves may still be going on. Superbowl rings awaiting distribution,...
I've used dropbox.com. Sometimes for sharing files with forums, but more for making very large files available to specified individuals. Files...
John, Glad your coins were found :), and hopefully they’ll be returned soon. One advantage of private insurance is that if the stolen items are...
France, 3rd Republic; G-1017; first year of issue of type; Ob: Bust of Marianne facing right crowned with oak. Rv: Rooster standing left; PCGS...
Nice post, Doug. I was surprised too. The Vickers, Brinell and Rockwell scales are measures of indentation hardness. Scratch hardness is...
Problem is that employee, being an assistant director, was probably in the executive service and not civil service. Assistant directors and...
Me too. It's the California grizzly, a subspecies. Sadly, it was hunted to extinction. Ironically, the last live one was seen a year before the...
Definitely, it counts. Nice one. Cal
Kimon of Syracuse, 400 BCE. [ATTACH]
At some point, a standardized, public laser scan may be developed that has the resolution to identify individual coins. The scanner may be cheap...
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