Yep. I got a full set of gold-plated quarters in a fancy multi-drawer wooden cabinet as part of an eBay lot. Took forever to get rid of that...
Heh. In one mixed lot I bought on eBay years ago, there were five one-GRAM copper bars -- in a baggie, with a receipt. At some point, someone...
Local shows in my area (central NC), even the smallest ones with a dozen or so dealers, always had a least a couple of tables with silver bars....
So, that's a ten month delay -- or, from the coins' perspective, a "very brief pause". ;)
@CSANDS, I hope you'll keep this thread posted on what you find out -- that's a really cool pair! Welcome to CoinTalk!
Ah, OK, I was confused by what you wrote -- you said "69% of spot silver", which I interpreted as 31% below melt. I see now that you actually...
I don't get this point. There's one spread between buy price and sell price. If the spread is too wide, the dealer will run out of either material...
No. It's not a binary thing, where the alloy is either attacked or untouched. I don't know that 14K test acid would damage 22K gold, but I...
I haven't tried it, and I won't. But AGEs have copper alloyed in with the gold, and acids certainly do attack copper. As I understand it, you're...
You can buy a small digital scale that weighs to the hundredth of a gram for less than the cost of a single damaged Morgan. Get one of those, and...
Brass and copper are less dense than silver, but only by something like 15%. I've received correct-weight fakes that were the right diameter, but...
I'm surprised no other shop is willing to outbid that. When I was going to local coin shows, there were almost always at least a couple of...
I think that's vinyl flooring. I guess the idea is that "stains and spills" won't show up, but I'm not sure it's worth it. As for the Lucite...
"Doc, it hurts when I pee." "OK, drop your trousers and let's have a look." "Never mind, I didn't come here to be examined!"
You should check out this site called eBay.
If it's almost ten-carat, doesn't that make it a six-figure stone?
Just be sure to store and handle it properly. The value takes a big hit once it's, um, "circulated".
Tungsten isn't ferromagnetic, it's paramagnetic. I don't have direct experience, but as I understand it, the effect is way too weak to detect with...
Not the same thing at all. Sigma machines just check a couple of electromagnetic properties. They won't tell you the composition of an item;...
"Rare" in change kettles, to be sure -- but someone, somewhere, does it just about every year. I like the gesture, but I feel like I'd benefit the...
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