I wonder if the original seller got caught by surprise, too? Googling "Amazon shipping Norway" indicates that it's a near-universal pain point...
Wish I could make the trip up to see. One of these days...
Hmm. How large a letter will FedEx or UPS deliver for fifty-five cents? :rolleyes: The US Postal Service is infrastructure. It's just not as...
Now all those folks selling 1909-S VDB cents and 1916-D dimes on eBay will have to pay several dollars for shipping, in addition to the $1-2...
Zinc is great, in the right applications. Wrapping it in copper to make circulating coins is the wrong application. Unless, of course, you're a...
And you know that's true, because someone just said it on a forum! ;)
Elon Musk has made wildly optimistic claims about the eventual cost-to-low-Earth-orbit for his Big Falcon Rocket. He promises to bring launch...
Nickel plated first, most likely. Pure nickel is strongly attracted to a magnet, but there isn't much of it in the plated layer, so you get weak...
I'm just a little worried that this design will make it look like someone stomped on the coin and dented it...
The Elephant Nickel!
There's also the (large and common) class of errors known as Misaligned Expectations...
I've been calling those BS-63 (or whatever number) for a while now.
Thank you very much for the followup. I wonder what the best approach would be to determine whether it's a contemporary counterfeit, or even an...
That scratch across the neck isn't enough to keep a common date from grading?
Hmm, missed this the first time. I might actually be interested in this "enhanced reverse proof" if the "enhancement" makes it less hideous, and...
Welp, looks like I'd better budget for Mint prices for a set. I don't think I can let this one go by, regardless of what it does in the aftermarket.
I've argued the same, only why combine wear and hits, or luster and strike/eye appeal? Give a separate number for each, and let each collector...
Cut or file one of the cents enough to expose the zinc, and you should see actual bubbles of hydrogen forming.
To be fair, only a Zincoln (among US coinage) will go that far in so short a time. But vinegar (acid) plus salt (chloride) is a metal-eater; don't...
It's almost enough to make me think that somebody planned it this way -- if I thought anybody in the government cared that much.
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