Farmer A and Farmer B each have $1000 worth of corn. Consumer C has $1000 in cash. C pays A $1000 for all his corn. Now C has corn, and A...
So, you're arguing that it's okay, just like speeding (how fast?) or going behind a realtor's back (after they helped you find the house)? I...
This is largely due to the copper in the alloy, which is more subject to chemical activity, right? I received this morning a Liberty set with the...
BUT I'VE ALREADY GOT ENOUGH CONS FROM EBAY! I can't quite figure out how someone can be willing to list a five-figure item without at least ONE...
How confident are you in your ability to distinguish fakes? If it's a counterfeit, but still minted in coin gold, sure, it's worth melt. If it...
So, if I list a coin with a higher price printed on the 2x2, does that imply it's a bargain? Time to start adding a zero to each of my prices... :)
It sounds like you're confusing acetone and "dip". "Dip" is for removing tarnish (sulfide deposits), and is typically based on a strong but...
Check out this "proof-like" "valuable" 1907 "$10 gold coin": Valuable 1907 $10 gold coin I can't quite tell what's stamped on the back, but...
But one can always point to "manipulation" in one form or another. Everything anyone does in a market "manipulates" it, to however small a degree....
I was going to pounce on this quickly before the seller realized what he had, but I decided to let the rest of the folks here have a turn for a...
Currencies may be "pegged against each other", but the important issue is what they can buy. I don't have any idea what relative changes were...
Except in (say) 1979-1980, when gold went up, what, five- or sixfold, while the cost of living went up maybe 20% or so -- and then gold went back...
I can think of quite a few -- for starters, anything electronic. And they're all terrible "investments". :)
Here's the retraction abuse I've seen: Seller lists an item with a great Buy It Now price, but also lists a lower starting price, and requires...
I am in North Carolina, and I ain't steppin' in that.
The article I read was discussing decreases over the last few months, though, not multi-decade scales.
Ah. I had the impression that the coin itself was questionable. All the same, the item as a whole is counterfeit, and so I'd expect it to be...
I knew there was something tickling at my memory about this, and I finally found it: Antimony Coin It's certainly not a "coin" in the same sense...
I fell in love with chemistry as a child even harder than I fell in love with coin collecting. This is very, very cool. :) People ask...
On the topic of returning coins won on eBay: As I documented in earlier threads here and here, I bought a counterfeit coin from eBay, and got a...
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