7.5 trillion might be all of the gold in the world, but how much is for sale? Most physically cannot/will not be sold. I have my wedding ring,...
Vlaha, personally I would just not post current auctions. I know you didn't want to bid on this coin necessarily, but what if others on CT WERE...
Well, I have about 18 boxes of flips of coins in the sdb. Those are of "better" coins. So when I am interested in a particular series I pull those...
Flips can be used and still protect your coin more. I have seen collectors get handheld sealers and seal the open end of the flip so the coin...
This. Its about the best you can do. If you like, throw a few pieces of new silver on the outside of the container. If they start to tone it will...
The fees was talking about WHY the Fed might have lent this gold out. Its very expensive to have a vault, and why should the gold just physically...
Yes, the German thing is curious. However, think about it this way, why should the Fed have to physically hold it for free? There is a ton of...
I guess my first thoughts sir would be: 1. Are we very sure of this high worldwide demand? I know the pm press likes to talk about it a lot,...
So I hear this "owned" term about the Fed a lot. What exactly is meant by that? Do they get to govern how the Fed is run? No, that is done by US...
That is both the huge benefit and a downfall of gold, its ability to be rolled out into unimaginably thin sheets. Even with gold above $1000 an...
Boy that is the truth. I know here we are amongst equals and friends, but we really are the geeks in the corner in many ways. I am ok with it, but...
I think it was more of a "corporate greed and malfeasance" statement than politics. ;)
Yours Doug is an example of the next stage of Sogdian cash, where they replaced the tamghas wish Sogdian script letters. This is the biggest...
If you wish to have the best book on identifying known errors on small cents, (proper term), I would instead recommend The Cherrypickers Guide,...
From an article posted in coinflation:...
Here is one I bought right before my self imposed coin purchase ban, (well.....more of a strong suggestion really). Like the Kai Yuan Tong Bao...
I agree with Cole and Vlaha. Its the solvents used in cleaning guns, or the sulphur from using the guns. I would think if you cleaned your guns...
This. Its a numbers game. Dealers submits tons of coins, and as long as a certain number come back with the high value grade, they make money....
Does it still weight the proper amount? That is the major issue. If it becomes corroded to such an extent it starts losing weight it might, but...
Why? Sell them for 20 times their value on Ebay as "high end toned pm". Seriously, why? The toning is technically still silver, and its...
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