Not really, even if you melted it down and did analytical testing. Unless there was a particular element in shells not otherwise known in coins,...
Yeah, you are right. I forgot the large guns were like 3 bags of black powder and no casings. My bad. Still, battleships had lots of guns, and...
While its hard to believe shell casings from rifles or even artillery were brought back for this purpose, I heard it was ship shells. The large...
Yeah, silver was so worthless in WWII they actually loaned it to factories to make motor coilings with, (got it back after the war). Btw,...
I believe, like Cciesieslki said, it was 44-46. The only time you will really tell is BU red examples.
I would say plating is like any other PMD. As long as someone can tell it was an authentic coin it should at the very least be redeemable by the...
Nice coins GX. You are correct all Uighur coins are scarce. I have a fairly decent collection of "red cash" and similar. This area ties in nicely...
I agree with a couple of others here who posted you should not have walked away. Listen, you are a smaller customer for the guy, which is why he...
The Galerius is very special, you know that right? Its showing the Tetrarchy, something unheard of in Roman politics before. While not a rare...
That is the problem with ever awarding a 70 grade, by definition you will have "low end" and "high end" 70's. John ALbanese or David Hall I...
Could have a lot more to do with the speed NGC is returning these back, or the preferences of the people submitting them just as easily as any...
Hmm, for collectors of the last 100 years I would have to say Lincolns and Morgans. Lincolns I believe are the most widely collected coin in the...
I love the cornucopia. These were on many near east coins, so would fit well into a set. Hasmonean Judea, Nabateans, and others issued similar...
Not doubting pure PT is harder than AU, but you said Pt was a very hard metal, but in jewelry form it scratches quite easily. In fact, I have...
Weird, and they only list the BU example, again with over 3/4 ounce of silver, for only $13?
Well, I am assuming your reference Kaosleeroy is very old, only listing a proof silver coin with over 3/4 an ounce of silver for $16.
Platinum is a more DENSE metal, but its not very hard. Trust me, I have own 22k, 18k, 14k, and platinum rings, and the platinum scratched worst...
If I were an error collector, I would hope I know what the market for similar errors were. I would then pay at the high end of that range, since...
Its the first to come to mind since I was taught to clean solder irons that way, and still do if I am soldering for a while. :)
I agree, I simply don't see how "missing clad" is possible since they were solid coins. It appears to me a coin used to clean off a soldering...
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