I made a big mistake in trying to collect Imperial Russian coins. Now the set seems to be almost impossible to complete!!! :(
Actually to look at this perspective, melting pennies down seems to be extremely ridicious. You might as well dig underground to steal real copper...
Most world coins are using nickel cupro because they are cheap and hard. If I am not mistaken, that is for most of the alloys used for the...
Ok, I'll be insane and say 6,555 coins. Yes I know it's random :P
I had some nasty effects with copper coins using acetone. Use it with precaution as well as, do it in a well ventaliated area! You don't want any...
There are some types of counterfeited coins that are collectable. For example, a counterfeited gold ducat by the St. Petersburg mint is one...
Well even if they are legit, most of the time people think they can get a bargain there and often overpriced.
Russia 1834 Alexsander Column ruble commemorative.
Try to post a picture if you can. Usually if the details aren't too clear, you can roughly assume that someone tried to strip the copper plating...
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If you are going to use money for purely investment, I or other collectors will detest you. There is something I have to clearly warn you in...
Usually the mint will cull the old coins out and it will be sent to a refinery for a meltdown. Otherwise, collectors might find them first and...
I just lost track. I probably have some 900+ on omnicoin but that's not even half of what I have! You can't just photograph them all!
Actually the term white gold is quite vague. It can be alloys of gold+silver, gold+palladium, gold+platinum and other precious metals. What...
If they are silver, olive is not too effective with it. If it is possible, can you post a picture of what you got there? If the silver have been...
What I personally don't like is the idea of bullion coins. Sure thing you can buy them off them but at the end of the day when you sell them, it's...
Didn't you read the description? It's altered outside the mint. Is that real or fake? Well you should be able to make some sort of conclusion.
Eventually palladium prices will increase but what's the point? If you want to invest, you are looking to buy at least 10+ oz of palladium....
Try and correlate it with the USD currency against other major currencies as well as the oil prices. That should explain at least half of the story.
Some of my best ones are to find ultra junk silver coins, yes as in ultra junk ones, holed, damaged, ruined, worn etc, and yet be able to tell...
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