Looked like bismuth to me.
Hey, that second one doesn't belong. Heavy metal is only a subset of rock when we're talking about music. ;)
Well, that's a surprise. Given the number and similarity of keys they're moving, I figured there was no chance they were genuine coins.
If they're dirty with sugar, soaking them in distilled water should do the trick without damaging them further. But if the sugar came from, say, a...
Meh, you can do a lot with a hammer. ;)
Yeah, because the problem is, you can't tell when it's GOING up, only when it's GONE up. If you could, it would make sense to buy when it's going...
This also reminded me to haul the gold I didn't sell at the weekend show out of my backpack and back to the SDB, before it became a pleasant...
...and every day is Christmas!
Y'know, you could undo all this damage that you've done if you'd just give it away to random CoinTalkers. ;)
Nah. The only reason gold and silver dropped is because I was going to my first coin show in over a year this past weekend, and I wanted to sell...
Remember, on copper and nickel coins, acid can enhance detail. Metal that flows into the devices gets more work-hardening, and that makes it more...
That would have been nice regardless of the serial numbers on the other 76 $100 bills.
For your own enjoyment, look up the 1960-P Small Date Lincoln and the 1950-D Jefferson. Also, look for the early "key dates" in the Roosevelt...
A "successful" (wealthy, stable) society tends to produce lower birth rates, but lower birth rates don't necessarily imply a successful society.
Still waiting...!
Your eyes are deceiving you. And I say this as someone who's seen a lot of mintmarks that weren't really there. :oops:
It's a recent change (end of May). The article indicates that even without government restrictions, most Chinese, especially those in urban areas,...
China allows three children in major policy shift
Maybe I should start listing a bunch of Zincolns as "incorrect metal composition", because zinc coated with copper is the wrong composition for a...
[ATTACH] Proceeds from selling at the Raleigh show today. I didn't have enough to sell to make it to 08999980... :(
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