As was foretold by one of our very own illustrious members:...
AAAAAUUUUGGGH 1) DON'T DO THIS. 2) If you do do this, do it OUTSIDE. Dumping a bunch of methanol vapor into your indoors? Very stupid. 3) If you...
Guess I wasn't looking as closely as I should have. I thought that smooth one might have been an unfinished love token...?
There are many, many differences between the way our household runs and the way a large industrialized country runs. Thank goodness. Comparing a...
Wonder what the odds are that the coins are genuine? I can see something like this being made in 1853 with hot-off-the-presses coins; it would...
At all times and in all places, saints have been in short supply.
Same with Canadian Olympic commemoratives.
Sure, gold will always be valuable for traditional/spiritual/vanity reasons. But the next time a large-scale industrial process that requires...
Yes, and then there were long stretches where platinum was a lot more expensive than gold. It wasn't until 2011 or 2012 that they reversed again;...
Platinum's a lot more useful than gold. Doesn't have the same religious component built into its price, though. I expect there will be some...
Oh, it's not willpower, just lack of focus and drive. Keeps me out of all kinds of trouble.
I had naively thought Barber Shop might carry that one. I had forgotten that it had turned into quite such a treasure. All I really wanted was a...
Went over to the Carolina Coin & Stamp Show today, specifically looking for books about California fractional gold. Alas, the Barber Shop guys,...
I would go with ICG as well, with the CoinTalk special. With this coin, the main question is "is it authentic", followed closely by "is it...
We're hard at work on fixing that.
Dang. He did the Stella designs too, but I can never lay my hands on one of mine when I want to take a picture of it. * * or any other time, of...
I can't call it a "scam". They're 100% up-front about what's going into the mix, and what your odds are. I will call it a distasteful gimmick...
The early Walkers were usually weakly struck, and so were later years at the SF Mint. The 1923-S is extremely hard to find well-struck.
I'm going to have to ask if the dog's doing OK, if only to set you up for the "still no change" line.
That is in at least XF condition, assuming there isn't something that will get it details. And Numismedia currently puts that coin at $990 in...
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