The first two scale photos show normal coins, I assume. The third shows a cent measuring 2.53g, and it's clearly had its rim shaved.
Just as a quick aside, I think Jim mistyped "titanium" where he meant "tungsten", and I'd like to nip this in the bud before it spreads....
Yes, they do go back that far. Of course, this isn't to say that your coin is counterfeit -- I'm not an expert on these myself -- but we can't...
No, but there are already loads of machines that can do loads of things that the human brain can't do. I agree that it's unlikely we'll see...
Sure enough, here's one that was listed at $650, and he accepted an offer of $65:...
In the Advanced Search page, if you scroll way down, you'll see this section: [ATTACH] That Include control is actually a drop-down: [ATTACH]...
How embarrassing for the eagle...
Yes, this is true. Gift cards still aren't very good money, though. Just ask anyone holding a gift card for Toys-R-Us, or Circuit City, or...
Nice. :)
The latest post on that thread is someone babbling about Chernobyl conspiracies, which seems remarkably appropriate.
True enough. I'm inclined to say "if so, it means that there was goop on the coin, and it's generally better to get the goop off" -- but if I had...
Weight won't do it, unless it's significantly heavier than 5 grams, which is extremely unlikely. An XRF analyzer would, but those are still...
If it weighs that low, there's not much chance it's got more than a silver plating. Is it magnetic? I've gotten fakes of that class that were,...
Should've made it 30,000 max, to focus more attention on them... :troll:
It's polished. War nickels are the same color as regular nickels when they're uncirculated, but they tone to that ugly green color we're used to...
Acetone is entirely safe for silver coins. It counts as conservation or proper cleaning, because it doesn't damage the coin's surface.
Most of those machines already reject pennies, half dollars, and large dollars. If they stopped taking or giving nickels and dimes, and made all...
Today's regular proofs have frosted devices (the portraits, lettering, and so forth) on a mirror-smooth background. Reverse proofs have...
If it's false in one of its parts, it's wrong. It's also unsupported by the citation that claims to support it. Changing it to say "throughout"...
Or they can be a bit patient and wait for the prices to subside. I wish I had more sophisticated tools to analyze eBay sold listings (with actual...
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