In light of the last few days, "strapped to a rocket" isn't quite the happy phrase it used to be... [IMG]
Cool, I wasn't aware of that variety. Almost as small as a 1921 Morgan mintmark. :rolleyes: (Why was it so hard for the mints to pick consistent,...
I've got a gold Kennedy proof that's flawless to my eye except for a couple of copper spots. I'd love to get rid of them, but don't trust my lab...
Meh, I never did learn to play with a pick. Maybe someday I'll get a set of gold fingernails. :rolleyes: Not typically a fan of non-round coins,...
Only for photos, never for the coins themselves. ;) I'd been using Photoshop, then when that went subscription-only I went to Elements. I had a...
Surely there are at least two other people in the world who are enthusiastic about (a) Pearl S. Buck and (b) note serial numbers. All you have to...
One addition: that "black" CuO, like black silver sulfide (Ag2S), can make all the colors of the rainbow as a very thin film on a metal surface....
But only the one on the far left is actually a copper compound...?
I expect that sort of work to start coming out of AI models any day now, if it hasn't already. It's the sort of work that could attract very sharp...
Hey ChatGPT, here's a pile of information about wallet generators from 10 years ago, and here's a list of big long-cold wallets. Can you find...
Or, better yet, dig it yourself...
They can age in all kinds of ways. It depends on their environment. They rarely flat-out dissolve the way Zincolns do.
But, hey, Dad still has that extra buck!
I was pretty sure that wouldn't be an original signature. :rolleyes:
I've got at least two Walkers that were gold-plated, presumably for use in jewelry. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if some junk companies have sold...
You're looking at the diameter of a Barber quarter.
I still wish I could know what the fallout was from that time Dad wanted to send me an Allen wrench for my garbage disposal, and he just plopped...
I'll take your word on the "large CC" attribution, but the S mint-marks on those 1858s dwarf any I've seen outside of a war nickel...
Wrapping them in something that doesn't let them move, and then taping that so that it can't shift, is an excellent idea. I'm not sure what kind...
$25000 for registered mail, according to the Post Office. And insuring registered mail is a lot cheaper than other service levels for high-value...
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