Love that reverse -- jut not enough to pay the current premium. But it's certainly a looker!
Oh yeah, that extra 11% will kill you. :rolleyes: I'm still more confident in the composition of pre-1965 dimes, quarters and halves than the...
So, the value of silver change tracked along with the cost of living, or at least they matched in the 1960s and today. Now, how much of that...
War nickels weigh 5.0 grams, just like conventional cupronickel ones, but machines usually reject them. As far as I know, most machines reject if...
Only in nominal dollars, I think. Otherwise that "ounce of gold that bought a nice new toga 2500 years ago" would buy dozens of nice new suits...
Your goal is to buy something, sit on it for a year or two, and then sell it at a profit. Right? Take a look at silver's price history over the...
If you're willing to accept cleaned coins, it broadens your selection considerably. I don't really buy into the "cleaned coins are uncollectable"...
That's the sound of everybody slowing down, turning around, and starting to stampede back toward their homes. :rolleyes:
:eek: Are those quarter or half eagles? Regardless, that's a lot of gold! (Assuming, as always, that everything's genuine...)
Sure. A dime is a dime is a dime. A CoinStar won't take silver nickels, dimes, quarters, or halves, because they aren't the kind of metal it's...
Mommy reinstated your Internet privileges after only two weeks? Huh.
I came across "efflorescent", but decided not to use it, because the only way I've ever heard it used was to describe the behavior where a salt...
Absolutely. I come here mostly to feed my curiosity. Sometimes for advice, both giving and receiving. And sometimes even to brag. :rolleyes: If...
Others have posted about whether sodium carbonate is hydrated. It looks like there are four stable forms of the stuff: anhydrous -- just sodium...
I posted this separately a few days ago, but I guess it really belongs here instead. Bought with some other stuff at a pawn shop, they let me have...
"This" is not "Internet". This is a specific site, hosted and supported and financed by Peter, with occasional donations from some of its...
If you find a coin and think it's "pretty neat"... welcome to the club! :)
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ In this world, some people do behave altruistically. I believe you may be thinking of Ferenginar.
I can buy a box of washing soda here for less than $5, and a box of baking soda for less than a dollar, and I don't have to wait for delivery. I...
Platinum went from $350 in 1998 to almost $2000 in April 2008, then back to $850 in December 2008. Recovered to almost $1900 in 2011, then fell...
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