Your calculation seems to assume that the cladding layers are pure nickel. They aren't; they're 75% copper, 25% nickel. So I think your estimate...
Doesn't happen at ours, even though there are always folks panhandling at the intersection that leads to the parking lot. They may enforce "no...
Here, have a Scooby snack. 8=8
Oh, come on. You guys are going to be biting at empty hooks next.
It's called "spooning", although I'm not sure people use actual spoons to do it to clad coins -- the old silver coins were softer and easier to...
Just keep in mind that bitcoin is designed with a bias toward deflation rather than inflation. Of course, things don't always work the way they're...
My first guess would be that hucksters are silver/gold/platinum-plating these the way they do quarters. I don't think there are any planchets...
Even though this one didn't work out, you've got me itching to go back and try my luck at the local pawn shop. Earlier this week when I went in,...
Whatever you think of the handle "Rare Tim", you have to admit that it's more appropriate than "Well-Done"...
Hm. First of all, ten or fifteen minutes of online searching has turned up nothing about the number of PNG dealers. I also see other pages that...
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Like @Bman33, I've thought about hitting the local shows after retirement. But I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be fun or remunerative enough to keep...
Nah. It's just that the theories that allow it don't seem to offer any practical applications right now. (As in "you need negative energy density,...
And the 1894-S Barber dimes were pocket change and nothing more, at least to a kid who wanted ice cream.
Pretty sure that the required terminology is "no purchase necessary", even (or especially) if that "purchase" is a subscription.
Thailand, but I can't ID the year and denomination on sight.
They appear to say "1 OUNCE TROY"...
Holy cats! I can't believe this is the first I've heard of this. CoinTalk rules prevent me from commenting on the NC legislature's recent...
If you're turning the coins into jewelry, "don't clean coins" isn't really relevant. Cleaning coins can ruin them from a collector's point of...
Not sure what you mean by "manufactured rarity" here -- that's typically used as a derogatory term. He's a single guy, running a single press,...
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