All great info the last few posts. I have always taken fresh acetone from a properly stored bottle, so I would have never thought about those...
I agree. Sometimes what you think is the "natural" color of a copper coin is not, and once the acetone removes a layer of stuff it changes the...
There is a HUGE difference between properly dipped coin or an overdipped/cleaned coin. People blame coins like this on dipping, when it was the...
I bought a Cleopatra VII 40 obol piece at a flea market a few years ago. I paid $80 for it. It was in a Littleton flip, properly attributed, and...
For jewelry, I would suggest asian gold jewelry. Higher purity, you weigh the piece and agree on gold value first, then negotiate the premium. I...
I think many of us here would have a 14 emperors set just from our boxes. The only one in my mind as a hoarder most would have to go out of their...
Yeah, I like picking up historical coins when they can be bought around spot versus modern issues. I don't think I own any modern gold, just US...
Kind of already answered right there with the refund. I am just now able to see the pics on a computer versus a phone. The extreme thickness of...
Traveling right now, but I would say one trick forgers use is to keep the diameter the same, (to easy to see diameter differences), and make the...
Yeah, a troy ounce, used for precious metals, is 31.1 grams. Can I ask where you bought these? Something doesn't seem right. I have all of them...
Always has been. Unfortunately, the PM industry always has seemed to attract nefarious predators. It has been this way since at least the 1970's...
Inflation adjusted is the key point here. I just love it when someone comes on here trying to say how they would be better off putting silver...
Not really. Silver is not mined by itself like gold and platinum can be. Its mainly a byproduct of copper and tin mines. If therr is more and more...
Not the only one here ma'am. It seems I was the last class needing foreign language credits at every level of school I attended, so I never took...
We used to be ancient and world coins. I voted for before 500AD and Byzantine. If I could word it, I would say before 500 AD, Byzantine, and...
I have tracked them for years. Never bought any though since I always was worried where the revenue would come from once all classic coins that...
No real value. The "gold" coins are gold plated bronze. The others are presidential dollars, mainly worth a dollar. Maybe both could be sold for a...
Yeah, Herod's Song" is one of my favorites from the original album. AC was simply a pandering, cutesy mess. He could have saved it by turning AC...
I know, I know, the general public does not know or care about coins, but if they are going to pull out "thirty pieces of silver" on screen, could...
Yes, a very ethical and othewise unpracticed way today. I won my first FSR auction about 18 years ago. Never an issue in any way for his auctions...
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