Wonder if someone was trying to shave it down to pass it as a dime in vending machines?
A Buddhist... coin. Huh. I'll have to think on that one for a while.
I'm not an expert either, but I'm not aware of a 16-cent silver (which is what 3.96g would be, at 25g per $10 face value). I was ready to say...
That 95-S looks like it would make F! It doesn't fit in the set at all. You should send it to me. ;) I didn't pay close attention when I moved to...
Slabs aren't airtight, so I'm afraid they wouldn't do much to preserve this coin.
I wouldn't taken any chances ingesting acid or neutral solutions of it, either. The hydrogen cyanide is what smells like almonds. (So I'm told,...
I think what we've really established is that a 5 looks like a backward 7 with a crater. So, a 7 with a crater looks like a backward 5. Logical...
Beat on it until all the metal has been pushed around, making it unrecognizable. You can see whatever you want in what's left of the date,...
Acetone rinse, nitrogen-flushed vial, flame seal?
Is there some sort of "hang fire" badge you can earn for having your thread sit dormant for TWO AND A HALF YEARS and then erupt into a...
Looks like a 1977 that's been beaten every day for 42 years. Worth face value if you can find a cashier or machine that will accept it.
EXACTLY! Complete with the corrosive insides. (No, I won't ever pass up a chance to gripe about copper-plated zinc coins...) That one's...
Hi, Brina -- I hope you understood that I was poking (good-naturedly) at @paddyman98, not you!
Thanks! It's always nice to increase my knowledge of a series, especially when I'm starting from zero. :)
Okay, I'm completely unfamiliar with this series, so these may be dumb questions, but you've aroused my curiosity. It sounds like this was...
So: Collector buys a bunch of mint sets directly from the Mint in 1964 and squirrels them away. Non-collector inherits them 55 years later....
Pretty sure he was talking about whoever spent them or turned them in at a bank...
ALMOND smell? :eek: Almond smell makes me think cyanide. Yeah, that works, but you really don't want to go there. Can you provide a link to the...
The really funny part? I have it on good authority that @myownprivy will someday, most likely, be old as well. :rolleyes:
I wonder if @Electron John ever still wanders by. HE could compete on the atom level. :) [IMG]
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