It's almost twenty cents worth of copper. Some people collect them, but not with big stains like that. It would probably make a good paperweight...
Specific gravity tests (measuring the coin's density, not its weight) are pretty hard to do accurately. You have to weigh the coin hanging in air,...
As you magically erase everyone's memory of previous prices, would you also erase their memory of mintages, survivorships, population information?...
Near the top left of the pouch? I thought that was just another reflection like the one on the right...
It would be great if you could find a jewelry or cash-for-gold store that has an XRF analyzer. It's a machine that hits metal with X-rays and...
Can we see the other side? @JCro57 @paddyman98 Don't know about $1000, but this one's worth some attention. You were right to put it in...
CAC maybe? Seems like I'm used to seeing AG03 technical detail on 1916-D's in G06 holders. I'm shocked, too.
Shouldn't matter. But now I need to remember when I get home to experiment with war nickels and some old hard-drive magnets I've got, which are a...
That's a weird one, all right. When people want to plate coins with another metal, they'll often start by plating on a layer of nickel. That pure...
And then, of course, the complaint would be "you can only get desirable Mint issues if you're well-off enough to have a good broadband connection,...
Yup. It still happens, probably every day. I need to start another thread about a project that I'm undertaking, going through a number of old...
Exactly. And having a thick sacrificial anode inside, and a thin shell outside, is a terrible design, precisely because this is the guaranteed result.
No. Chloric acid exists, but it's not involved here. They might mean "hydrochloric acid", or perhaps just "chloride ion". I'm not about to attempt...
Now, that's just crazy talk.
I'm not certain, but I think it may be related to the service that warrants marking a ten-cent coin up to $1000 or more just because it was minted...
At this point, the dealer is just another middleman. I understand everyone's frustration at trying and failing to get one of these. But your...
That's because Superman always gets there first. And his X-ray vision doubles for XRF analysis, so he'll spot the silver every time.
Exactly. They want EXCITEMENT -- in fact, plenty of people here have posted about how boring the Mint's releases are lately. This one certainly...
Let's see the legislative definitions for "fiasco" and "gouging" first. :rolleyes: Do you really want the Mint to set policy based on what people...
Exactly. And the Mint has effectively built a ship with a zinc hull thinly plated with steel, guaranteeing that the hull will rot away in short...
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