HCSC is apparently a forum member. His latest post, this afternoon, listed a roll of ASEs for $525 and a 1908 double eagle for $1450. ASEs and...
Judith must be a very, very busy person...!
I certainly didn't mean to imply otherwise. For that matter, I didn't mean to imply that I can reliably identify all the counterfeits that are in...
I'm not seeing a positive match for any of the three counterfeit varieties listed for 1878. Two of the counterfeits mention a weakly struck date,...
I agree that the reactants inside the box diffuse throughout its space, and that they'll react with whatever metal is available. However, the...
I'm away from my references right now; I'll try to remember to check it out tonight or tomorrow.
No, I don't think so. Not unless it's progressed way past "toning" to "deep corrosion". Actually, I suppose if you cut a coin in half with...
If you're chopping it up, then gluing or taping it back together, is it really giving any more protection than a generic cardboard box?
Wow. When even gold fund managers are confident enough to speculate that gold is going to go up, what clearer signal could anyone need? :rolleyes:
I just had a look in Bill Fivaz' United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide. This coin looks like a dead match for the counterfeit 1857 shown...
I forgot to set a snipe earlier this week for one that was titled "1942 P WALKING LIBERTY SILVER HALF DOLLAR". Thing is, it was for six of them,...
Find a coin on the sidewalk, and it's an immediate infinite return -- but that's not really "investment", is it? :) When I'm biking in to work, I...
By that "technical" definition, new jeans don't "shrink" when you wash them, either. :) You're welcome to refer to them as "thickened" or...
"Ever get the mood to tidy up?" Not. NEARLY. Enough. But that's been my battle for all my life. At least coins are much less space-consuming...
Standard weight is 11.34g. 11.5 is probably well within tolerance. How good is your scale? What weight does it give for the other clad coins in...
Instead of what?
That's beautiful. My previous job was in an imaging lab that had a couple of micro-CT machines; I regret that I never got to try imaging coins...
Especially since none of the clad ones are getting melted, and almost none of them are sustaining significant circulation wear. There will likely...
Let me attempt an on-topic summary, without the extra pages of discourse about what sort of discourse about discourse is appropriate in which...
Fastest and easiest: I'll leave this to someone who has more experience using acetone with coins. Latex: Not the worst choice, but really, it's...
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