I could not predict as it would depend on the world situation(s) at that time. The situation in 2011 WAS very drastic, the BRIC nations figured...
Here is a photo and story of Gen. Eisenhower examining such gold that the story says the US stole from the Russian sector and bought it to the US....
My suspicion would be a coin soaked in acid for a time. Acid reacts on the entire surface and reduces the metal proportionally, so all...
So here we go again, someone makes a factual comment about silver manipulations and it is answered by comments on government conspiracies and no...
And neither is the Taxpayer on the hook if people buy contracts or options on the bullion market. The feds don't run it anymore than they do...
But there are very valid reason for what most call manipulation and others call high leverage financials, such as hedging, leverage of investment,...
Most machinists could make 2 matching sections with a jeweler lathe, so they could thread together, but as phankins mentioned, the half might not...
Sorry to hear about your grandfather. The set of state stamped lincoln cents were most common during the bicentennial , mostly 1976, but a '75...
I also recommend the 5-10 % in pm also, but 75% of that in mining companies and 25% in bullion for myself. I have real estate and other skills....
Also Palladium is difficult to test compared to silver and gold, especially the purity, so I would not choose it or platinum as a "doomer's" stash.
I think it is MD also, similar to this one of mine 1969S which is also MD [IMG]
There are some very expert discussion on high and middle relief 1922 Peace dollars. you can use search ( the box on right hand of top blue menu...
Markus, even though your posting above has appeared in several other sources, it seems to be copyrighted by Wexler, and our rules do require it to...
Check http://www.coppercoins.com/advsearch.php , and enter the year and mint mark and mint mark variety, and compare yours with what you find.
Yes, that is correct as it is a 1942 aluminum cent pattern or trial piece and only a few evaluation strikes were made. Since it was twice as thick...
The coin was minted in 1973 USING dies dated 1974 since that was the year they might be released to the public.
No,(1) because the photos are worthless ( fuzzy, color balance?) , (2)The balance weighing the cent must either be off as the Al is .937g, yours...
The top one has more reflection, but other than that, I see no difference in the size of the lettering , or the apparent line running down the...
Jim, That is a good article and I've used it several times. The only one I had some doubts about was the ' Die Polish doubling. It seems that...
Keep in mind that if any of the verdigris ( corrosion) is removed with any mechanism, there may be visible pitting benrath. Just seeing the...
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