This is a graphic illustration of the "rare coins are a bad investment" concept. It's not that the coins themselves necessarily lose value,...
Vegetable oil is gentle enough for most plastic, and works for some stickies that even alcohol doesn't budge.
Yep, the bargains are out there -- just few and far between. I rarely do as well as you just did, though! (Landed four beat-up Franklins for $38...
Genuine 1/10 oz Eagles trade at a substantial premium to spot. Heck, Provident's paying $10 over spot for them right now ($171.46); if you're...
This. When I was a kid (in the late '60's/early '70's), I would never have dreamed of cutting a coin out of a proof set and putting it in an...
As a child, I was taught 9 rings. There was typically only one phone in the house (maybe two), and it might take a while for someone to get to it....
I sure wish I could find some in the RTP, NC area. None of the banks I visit locally have one, and I've never been in a branch of my main bank...
Hey, give me two 1964 or earlier dimes, and I'll be happy to buy you a gallon of gas today. :)
Here are the threads in which I detailed my eBay-counterfeit experience: eBay rip of the month? 1920-S Walker... Follow-up: that fake 1920-S...
Ah, now I understand -- thanks for setting me back on track. (It was starting to look like a pretty smelly experiment anyhow...)
Hmm. It should be really simple to test for the presence or absence of tin in a population of sacrificial 1944-1946 cents. Time to dig out the old...
I'll see that story, and raise it. I went to a former favorite bank, which is now the target of far too many half-hunters (and dumpers), and the...
1) You're figuring avoirdupois ounces, but PMs are denominated in troy ounces (31.1 g). 2) Can you hook me up with some of that $40/oz palladium? :)
Ye cats! 3.2kg? That's a mighty nice $82K doorstop...
As a benchmark, at the last coin show I went to, silver was at $39.26/oz, and the strongest buyer there was offering 26.5x face, which works out...
If the OP is getting confused about "x face value" for silver, I'd say you're not helping. :) You seem to be confusing "dollars per once" with...
I've wondered whether small, consumer-grade cleaners are really powerful enough to cause cavitation, or whether they just rely on high-frequency...
I don't know exactly what PCGS does, but I do know in general about generating compact "fingerprints" from a larger dataset (like an image)....
Acid dipped? It looks a lot like a nickel that's been sitting in vinegar for a while.
Yep, the rising tide of silver prices has turned some pretty darn nice pieces into "junk"...
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