I think you're right.
Many Americans have a Gift for other languages, but exact meanings sometimes get lost in the Mist. ;)
1972 cent: very nice clip. 1998 cent: grease-filled die, interesting but nothing special. Quarter: looks like a combination of off-center strike...
I have tried using Photoshop (and similar image-manipulation tools), but any remaining date detail is swamped by surface discoloration, uneven...
Sounds very much like the upper spectrum in @JMGallego's posted snippet. I wonder if those two bands are enough of a signal to make a TPG throw a...
Yup. Given the choice of buying 90% at (say) 80% of melt, or 40% at face value, I'll take the 40% every time. (Actually, I'll take all I can carry...
Quantum computers that can factor the number 15 are real. I have no doubt that there are a number of them on the MIT campus. Perhaps some of them...
Coinflation does not apply the discount that you should expect when dealing with 40% silver (or 35% war nickels). 17.7472 troy ounces of silver...
Good catch, Jim! A couple of key observations from the article: They hope to demonstrate a computation that exceeds the capabilities of...
Oh hai guys, what's going on in this thread... [IMG]
Hm. Apparently at least one of us is confused about how "discussion threads" are supposed to work.
Gosh, I dunno -- why do you pay hundreds of dollars an ounce for silver, especially when it's tarnished?
No. In hyperinflation, it's the value of the dollar that would drop, not the value of "everything but PMs". That silver dime that famously bought...
Okay, as long as we're wheeling and dealing here, I'll make a counter-offer for everybody wise enough to realize that paper money is inherently...
Lots of things are possible if you're running the press and think you can get away with it.
But isn't that all it takes for an auction? ;)
Oh, I doubt I'll ever actually do that. Realistically, this is all entertainment, no matter how much I rationalize it to myself as trying to "come...
Okay, that does make it a bit less likely that someone damaged the coin deliberately. But I'm still thinking it's likely just a random array of...
Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've gotten used to much higher standards on eBay (and elsewhere). When a perfectly good scale can be had for less than...
Yeah, every once in a while I'll offer a seller a lifeline and they'll insist on honoring the sale anyhow. I just got three 2008 silver proof sets...
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