No worries, I was just curious and ran through the math exercise myself. I decided not to hit the "buy it now" button ;)
He's claiming U.S. tons, not metric. 400,000 pennies x 3.11 g = 1244 kg = 2742 lbs per bag 2742 lbs x 15 bags = 41,130 lbs = 20.6 U.S. tons (He...
According to the account linked below, the hoard was photographed. What is not clear is if the 1550 coins kept by the museum were photographed or...
Wow, that listing raises so many questions in my little mind. How does one acquire 400,000 copper cents? Then, how does one do it 14 more...
Common date buffalos like yours are worth about 50¢ in average circulated condition. Your pennies are face value (the 2009 issues are interesting...
They minted almost 1.7 billion bicentennial quarters so the circulated specimens like yours aren't worth a premium. They're an interesting piece...
Sorry to hear about Mr. Ahr. I knew Dennis Williams was just a student when he won the dollar design back in 1976 and the answer to the trivia...
Thank you for the recipe - does this have a shelf life? In other words, if one were to mix up a bottle of it, how long might it remain viable?
Bring back the bicentennial design contest winners. They're still around, aren't they? [ATTACH]
Thanks for all the replies. I had decided upon an acetone bath and a transplant into a Capital holder when I came upon the vintage holder below (a...
Yuck! How did that get past quality control?
Thanks for the link. That sulfur test is a real eye-opener.
Yes, a good theory. Perhaps someone or something deposited a concentrated, corrosive substance on the coin at some point. I know that sulfur is...
I'm curious about this coin and I see there is a lot of expertise here. It was this way when I purchased it at an auction a long time ago. What is...
Ah yes, I see that in the full text version. Dang, that means we have to wait until 2033 to see what American Samoa chooses...
The rules also say they are going alphabetically. So do we get Alabama, Alaska, Arizona and Arkansas up first?
Not really - that coin and it's description really exists in the PCGS database. They just try to fabricate a reasonable facsimile to fool the...
In addition to Thomas Edison and the Wright Bros, Ohio can lay claim to the vacuum cleaner, automobile starter, traffic light, and teflon....
Wow, that is sad. Even worse, the verification numbers check out on the PCGS site.
It seems unnecessary since the event was already marked by the 1997 Jackie Robinson commems (which I like). Never mind the silliness of square coins.
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