Sure, those are white -- but silver nitrate will wash away instantly in water, and silver sulfite will dissolve in ammonia or decompose in acid....
Looks like you meant 12.5x face for the 90%, right? Given that Provident is paying 12.08x face for 90% (and selling it at 12.9x), I'd say you did...
"One man's junk is another man's treasure." At a lot of dealers, it seems like most foreign material is treated as junk, regardless of condition....
It's a nice feeling, isn't it? :)
You talk funny. ;) I usually pronounce descent and dissent about the same way -- di-SENT, emphasis on the second syllable, with the "schwa" sound...
Sweet? You mean that stuff on it is caramel? :) Kidding aside, that's a cut above anything I've turned up with a shovel lately...
I'll admit that I don't know much about XRF and other high-tech surface analysis techniques, but surely someone has turned some state-of-the-art...
But you just finished saying: ...which is what I said didn't make sense. If you've got real estate, stocks, collectibles, and Treasuries, you...
This makes no sense at all. Those assets are tied to paper dollars exactly as much as gold and silver are. If the dollar starts to plummet, the...
Well, one conclusion is pretty obvious and simple to draw: if those folks had bought tattered, scrofulous, unconstitutional paper dollars instead...
Also don't forget the long stretch through the 1990s where it would buy half a loaf, if that. Similarly, when you're thinking about numismatic...
...with a removed mintmark?
2015 dimes (P) started showing up in change here (central NC) last week. I got several brilliant, lustrous ones, but they all had visible marks on...
I'm going to remember this thread the next time someone complains about sniping.
Yep, they don't make them like they used to. Oh, wait.
Meh, the 1944-D isn't top pop. Try harder. :rolleyes:
I'm sure there are plenty of folks on eBay who do have common sense, even though they lack principles, and either engage rent-a-shills or run a...
You don't need to see individual scratches to prove that the coin is ruined. You just have to see that the luster has been disturbed. That's a...
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