Three or four years ago a bank teller showed me an 1836 half that a convenience-store owner had brought in from his till. I can't imagine that...
Okay, let me put this up while there's still time: If you should happen across this thread in the future, and you see that it's been CLOSED...
And I'll bet someone was glad they were able to pass it off as a "real" half dollar. :)
Guys, we're really running off the rails here, to the point that nobody's quite sure who's saying what. I apologize for my contributions to the...
A dealer at the local coin show gave me a 1986 Ellis Island commemorative half in change a few years back; I though it was a nice marketing touch,...
Hmm. If you can only have "non-academic" knowledge of an item by collecting it in your own two fists, where does that leave astronomers? I think...
LOL! Looks like somebody hit the button at the wrong time. Interesting peek at their photography jig, though.
I don't pretend to know what any other member is thinking, but I don't see any insult in @medoraman's post.
The price goes up 10%. Is this a "spike", or part of a longer-term increase? You don't know, and neither does anyone else, absent insider info....
Yeah, I'm not going to be backing up the truck for raw trade dollars based on this single experience. :) PCGS CoinFacts had this interesting...
I see what you're indicating, but I think it's an ink-blot. I'd study it really hard with strong oblique light, but I think you'd have a hard...
I understand that there are lots of Web sites with videos for people who are into that sort of thing.
Okay -- drum roll, please, for C-B-D's images of the coin in its new retirement home: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I've never been less disappointed (or...
The reeding is in great shape -- I'm thinking XF45 at least. ;)
Yep, take yourself out of the gene pool. That'll teach 'em to send you targeted ads!
Um, could we get this with subtitles? :)
Not to second-guess the investigators, but I'm guessing he was killed while going through the wood chipper.
A company that transfers money on your behalf collects information about the accounts it's transferring money from and to? Golly! A Web...
Ah, I hadn't previously spotted the FAQ. It's just measuring the resistivity of the metal. That alone won't tell you much, but if you know the...
Yeah, I'm interested. I've thought about trying to design something like this myself. I wonder how reliably it works on various compositions of,...
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