Yep, that's from a deteriorated die. Poor thing had been worked to death. (now I'm thinking about dies with deuterium bonded to them, maybe a bit...
The lot arrived today, exactly as described. All the silver was polished to death, as expected from these sorts of displays, but I don't care;...
Well, I'll bee!
Everyone else can swap silver for lead weights, then. I'll hold.
Shades of "market grading". But I do see from the FAQ that it's possible to look up the individual coin grades on the ANACS site. So at least...
What fresh hell is this, then? 65.80? Is this a simple average? Weighted by denomination? By surface area? What if one or two of the denominations...
Frankly, I'm surprised PCGS or NGC hasn't moved into this area. I mean, I was getting the impression that "will it hold still long enough for us...
Ooh, I wonder what they'd do with a pack of silver granules? :rolleyes:
It was a greater idea before the Mint tripled or quadrupled the price, I think.
Chemically reduced!
I had the same thought. My understanding is that the legal requirement to claim "gold filled" is net 5% actual gold weight. Note that I'm not...
It's good to be the king, erm, mint. :rolleyes:
Yep, somebody did math, then gambled. 223g of junk that's at least 5% gold would be over 10g of gold. Gold is just over $160/g today. ...except...
Currently a top priority in Federal decision-making.
If it's one avoirdupois pound, it's a bit under 14.6 troy ounces. If it's a troy pound, it's 12 troy ounces. If they don't specify, you'd better...
Not if you're used to looking at everything through a Snapchat filter.
Looks like the mint has taken care of the huge markups for us proactively, no aftermarket required. :mad:
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