I think this is a common high school chemistry experiment. Going from memory, it has something to do with mixing some zinc powder, NaCl and a...
I'm sure if the Mint sold coins with chips in them, people would buy them. The drive in some folks to own everything produced by the Mint seems...
I used to find some nice bargains in antique shops, but in the past couple of years the prices have rocketed up.
It makes you wonder how many forgotten stashes of coins there are out there waiting to be found.
In my opinion, a safe deposit box is probably the safest way to store coins. But nothing is absolutely safe.
That's the way it looks, but I've never heard of anybody marketing something like this before.
http://www.fisch.co.za/whatitdoes.htm I apologize if this has been posted before. It looks like a simple way to protect against some of the...
I save them in a jar. It's probably not worth the effort, but I can't spend them with the idea that someday I'll trade a pile of them for a...
It's a great question. While it's amost undisputable that one amazing coins is preferable to a large number of lesser coins, I don't think this...
Well done research, proving it pays to go beyond superficial observations.
It's tough to tell because the photo isn't good enough. But I'll say it's probably VF and possibly cleaned at one time.
The nature of the thread lends it self to this question, and it is relevant. Conscience in collecting is an inconvenient truth [to borrow a...
As a branch manager or bank owner, I would teach and expect my employees to alert customers to ways they can better manage their assets, including...
The only reason to have anything on a coin is to make it identifiable and difficult to counterfeit. I guess someone figured that the year and a...
If someone asks you "how much is this worth," and you offer $15 knowing it is worth $100, it's basically a combination of lying and theft. I...
The first thing to do is see if you can sell the bracelet and note what you get for it. There are a lot of counterfeit 925 stamps on some...
On the other hand, the stock market in Japan was close to 40,000 in the late 1980s and it about 11,000 or so now. After stocks crashed in 1929 it...
I'm also a better photo-grader than real world grader. I think it's a matter of eyesight. The photos are larger making it easier to judge...
Carson City mint Morgans are highly sought after, and many collectors would be happy to have your coin, cleaned or not. My guess is, the longer...
You're right. I'm finished now. Thanks for making some astute observations.
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