There was certainly a run here of new posters thinking they had a 1909 VDB matte proof. :rolleyes: That definitely was not related to any hoard of...
Oh, man, I would've been back with a $20 (or a $100) and a suddenly-realized need for a lot more change...
Yeah, but you can make toxic gases with lots of things that are easier to get than nitric acid. ;) (The one time that I had to tell my parents...
The policy apparently changed in early 2008. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080205/160733184.shtml
I got a V nickel and an Indian cent from change in the cafeteria at my last job. That was less than 10 years ago. It's not so much that they were...
I've long understood that the "star in the East" was an astrological, not an astronomical, phenomenon. I'm no student of the matter, though, and I...
I'm wondering exactly the same thing. I'm glad you were able to get them sorted out for your order, at least.
I'd be afraid vinegar on copper would leave an unnatural color.
There are a few things that make cleaning go wrong: 1) Rubbing. Don't rub coins with anything. Even soapy fingers can drag bits of sharp dirt...
https://www.jmbullion.com/silver/junk-silver/35-silver-war-nickels/ They don't leave themselves a great deal of wiggle room here.
Yeah, and I don't know how to reason about it. I mean, eBay could have decided "we'll never allow more than 1,000,000 active auctions at one...
Of course, there are lots of other nickels in the world, so if you aren't a collector (with deep pockets), you'll just grab a different one and...
I agree with this. If the main point of getting this slabbed is preservation and sentimental value, it makes sense to have it professionally...
Aw, man, no Barbers? ;)
Could you expand on this?
Does that count as a... condensed biography? <ducks and runs>
I wonder about the logistics of getting and selling war nickels in bulk. It's easy enough to sort silver from clad by weight and electromagnetic...
Also: [ATTACH] I don't think I actually own one that I could weigh, but this looks to me like a case where someone fat-fingered a weight when...
Yep, I saw that, too. And, as we all know, if a company posted it on the Internet, it can't POSSIBLY be wrong. ;) [ATTACH] First I'd ever heard...
I'd say find a box that will hold it securely, then weigh and measure the box, then use the USPS postal calculator to compare options. If you care...
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