Yeah, he already weighed in on the other thread -- with a positive opinion. Hooray!
Yesterday I snagged this coin (from, well, not an expert dealer): [IMG] [IMG] The D is in very low relief, but it's definitely there. The...
In fact, a kilogram of .925 will usually get you less than a kilogram of .900 US coins, because even though the pound of sterling contains more...
Let's hope it was a knowledgeable bidder protecting everybody else.
That would make one of us (who thinks that I have a good bead on these). :rolleyes: I'm thinking to start a more descriptively labeled thread in...
Is strong/weak "D" actually a thing for the $5 gold? I know it is for the $2.50, but I'm having trouble finding info about it for anything other...
They definitely don't understand about cleaned coins, and they appear to think that soldering a ring onto a gold coin or putting it in a bezel...
That pawn shop along my way home from work has mastered the art of intermittent reinforcement (giving you a reward only once in a while). A few...
Welcome aboard! Can you take some photos with the coin next to (or even better, surrounded by) "regular-looking" dimes from the box? That'll give...
This goes against most of what I've read here, posted by metallurgists as well as experienced collectors. Acetone can't dissolve metal sulfides or...
But nickel easily passivates with a layer too thin and transparent to cause toning, right?
Know how I can tell that you've never run a site with a large user community?
Must be everybody scrambling for silver to ransom their files. Or maybe whoever's getting all that BTC ransom is dumping it into silver. Or...
There's really no safe place once fundamental laws of physics and chemistry no longer apply.
No US coins dated 1965, 1966 or 1967 have mint marks.
BIG OIL is not an all-powerful master of markets. When oil gets more expensive, more people and industries are driven toward alternatives; when it...
Maybe. But: 1) Since platinum-group metals are so expensive, there's constant research pressure to find cheaper replacements for them. 2) These...
That's a damaged coin. It looks like someone pounded on its edge with a hammer, or squeezed it with pliers. It doesn't have extra value (beyond...
I'm not sure it's always unethical to take a strong price for a coin. In particular, if two people get into a bidding war on a true auction,...
OK. Any other concepts that you'd like to try to disgrace while you're at it?
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