Your comment would be less amusing if it weren't so close to the truth. I'm already wondering how hard you'd have to pound a bit to make that...
Yes, this. We (Classic coin folks) tend to use the term to describe chemical oxidation-process results as opposed to the Ancients definition, and...
That being fact makes it a very desirable instrument. I'm not surprised the technology has evolved to this level - it's only been the last 15...
OK, time to start the popcorn cooker. Here we go. :)
Which is why you prefer the patina. It's a genuine protective coating, better suited to keeping the coin safe for the future than any change one...
It would be far, far better if your Edward pennies had survived intact, without the patina. We would all prefer that, but it is what it is. We...
So if our currency collapses, I'll use whatever people trust in its' place.
OK, I have no logical explanation for you aside the term "bureaucracy." And a bunch of sympathy for your plight.
But that's only my opinion. The next poster will disagree with me.... :D
That kind of ....let's call it "subtraction from originality"....is, as your words indicate, not easy to differentiate. It_is, however, in sum...
Nah, the forum didn't even notify me that I was talking to myself.
Quite agreed, and the eagle's breast and legs seem to agree with us. With that in mind, the color has to be immediately suspect, if only from a...
Is it a coin which could - construed correctly or not, don't forget this is a bureaucracy we're talking about - run afoul of "cultural heritage"...
I much prefer living in the real world, where something has to be money and something has to have value, than threads like this where those are...
There's a slight difference between modern gold non-circulating coinage and circulated, 175-year-old gold Business Strikes from a mint known for...
This. Never say never, but under this lighting I'd expect those lines to plainly cross the devices as well. There's no way you could brush a coin...
In truth, Pandas are one area where I could see an appropriate China-based selling market. It's not unreasonable to think a Chinese citizen with...
Nope. $20 should do you, but heed desertgem's words and settle for a 100g capacity with true 0.01g resolution. 0.1g is insufficient. I own a...
The more I think about it, the more sense that makes. We'll never know, of course, but it's quite plausible. I hate not knowing. :P
There isn't enough metal to cover the money in circulation. Fiat is the only way to do it in today's huge economy, so any argument against is...
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