What I have learned here is that quality control tended to be a big issue in China in the late 19th and early 20th century. Once the communists...
Here is the coin, slabbed. I am a big fan of the professionalism of ICG. [ATTACH]
Yes, deflation can be a horrible thing. I'm just concerned because deflation is sometimes needed for markets to reach healthier price levels --...
This is all very true. The standard of living has increased immensely since 1900. The problem seems to be that, despite these technologies, the...
I think it's a big problem, especially for lower income people whose wages do not keep up with increases in the cost of living. I have spoken to...
That's great. I started my collection basically by buying a 1923 Peace dollar just a couple of years ago. I thought it was great to have a coin...
Four members have tied in correctly guessing the grade of MS63. They are: 1. furryfrog02 2. K2Coins 3. Animosity 4. rlm's cents I will use...
This is an excellent point and one I have thought about myself when thinking about peak oil. I hope the optimists like Ray Kurzweil are correct...
Actually, the coin is being shipped to me. According to the email I received, it was graded a 63. I will thus find a random process (possibly a...
It's not a good idea to store all of one's precious metals at home, even in a large, heavy safe. Any safe can be opened with enough skill and...
Maybe not 400% to 500%, but certainly in the hundreds: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=DCOILWTICO Now, we can debate whether a...
I think his posts are tongue-in-cheek. ;)
As I said, $20 is an important psychological level for traders. Some easy money has been made on the assumption that the price would revert back...
Actually, I re-read justafarmer's post and see he did not say silver should drop; only that its price seems out of alignment with other...
Bugo is challenging one of the cardinal rules of coin collecting: you don't clean coins. Period. But, again, they are his coins, and, though...
Well, they are your coins, and even some members here have said they would likely sell for a higher price as cleaned. Though I am a fan of...
Yes, all of these commodities are energy intensive, but my point is that the correlation between gold and silver and oil seems to be stronger....
Your numbers have a simple explanation to my novice mind. Precious metals prices are more strongly correlated with oil prices than with other...
As far as I know, that still doesn't qualify a currency as a fiat currency. Theoretically, though the prices of metals could fluctuate and differ...
I believe the Japanese were the first to experiment with QE, and it seems to have gotten them nowhere. So, given that Main Street is really not...
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