Must admit I am surprised. Now do you really think that ASE went into the cash till or into that manager's pocket after he bought it for a dollar ?
They ARE the equivalent of Silver Eagles in that they are struck in .999 silver and that they have legal tender face value. Actually spending any...
I thought so at first too - but it seems the chemical make up is a bit different for the two.
Well my point is that if you introduce your wife to coins that she likes - she just might end up collecting more than you do :rolleyes:
Be careful about what ya wish for Bone. I've seen things like that end up cutting a guys collecting budget in half :eek:
There are more than a few who buy them for just that reason.
There are also quite a few who collect silver art bars. It's not uncommon at all to see some examples sell for several times their bullion value.
But that's my question - why do you think the chances are slender ? Acedic acid is found in many things that himans come into contact with every...
There are a couple of reasons that collectors have coins re-slabbed by another TPG - they either don't like the slab it's in, they want all their...
Or - a very clever marketing technique for one of the most common of all older coins. The same thing is true of any coin series/type.
It certainly looks like a Proof coin - as to how it got into circulation, I'd guess the same way any of them do. Somebody spent it.
Nahhhhh - I got a day job already. This I do for fun ;)
Wanna try an experiment ? Walk into any bank or store in the US with an ASE or any of the 1 dollar commems and try to cash them in for a dollar...
Nice pic of your finger there zane :D
Yeah, they'll know.
Yes, they are. But any clad coin is different than a nickel. Nickels are made of an alloy, they are the same metal all the way through the coin. A...
Kinda odd how that happens isn't it ?
Well Carl all I can tell ya is that for the past 45 years everything I've ever read and every expert I've ever talked to - called the green...
If you say so Bill. But I gotta tell ya, with all those large digs and gashes and the literally thousands of scratches on the coin - it sure looks...
Melting Point of Copper = 1,083°Celsius (=1,981°Farenheit) Now then, even if you could produce temperatures such as this, that's not all there...
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