1 Ounce platinum commems and bullion are $100 face. Cal
The ASE and AGE obverse designs are by outside artists in the early 20th century. The AGE design was done at the behest of a rare president who...
Below is my most recent, a 1900 Paris Exposition bronze medal by Chaplain, PCGS MS64. The exposition was huge, and hundreds of bronze, silver...
Thefts occurred over 10 years ago, but legal wrangling over sentencing of thieves may still be going on. Superbowl rings awaiting distribution,...
I've used dropbox.com. Sometimes for sharing files with forums, but more for making very large files available to specified individuals. Files...
John, Glad your coins were found :), and hopefully they’ll be returned soon. One advantage of private insurance is that if the stolen items are...
France, 3rd Republic; G-1017; first year of issue of type; Ob: Bust of Marianne facing right crowned with oak. Rv: Rooster standing left; PCGS...
Nice post, Doug. I was surprised too. The Vickers, Brinell and Rockwell scales are measures of indentation hardness. Scratch hardness is...
Problem is that employee, being an assistant director, was probably in the executive service and not civil service. Assistant directors and...
Me too. It's the California grizzly, a subspecies. Sadly, it was hunted to extinction. Ironically, the last live one was seen a year before the...
Definitely, it counts. Nice one. Cal
Kimon of Syracuse, 400 BCE. [ATTACH]
At some point, a standardized, public laser scan may be developed that has the resolution to identify individual coins. The scanner may be cheap...
Yup, you're completely right about the suffix representing the rank of the coin on the invoice. So, in my OP, 034 would be the minimum number of...
That's up there. What's the denomination, date and mint? Cal
NGC slab numbers (i.e. certification numbers) have a 6- to 8-digit number followed by a dash followed by a 3-digit suffix. The suffix is the...
Liquidate? Good idea. I may liquidate my ranch so I can buy more coins. Cal
John, I’m not sure I see your point. I did try for the AGE and ASE. No luck with either because of the internet chaos and not having a script...
Big dealers aren’t average; that’s why they’re big. CloudFlare is primarily for combating botnets, which bombard a host from multiple sites. By...
No, it’s not random now. Big dealers can use net bots that place multiple orders in milliseconds via high speed connections that are close to the...
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