I thought the same for the gold First Spouse coins. It wouldn't have worked out very well. Doesn't matter that the mintage was only 3000 if there...
I don't know if he was ever really "rare", but I'll settle for "scarce". :rolleyes:
I thought it was just "look at most recent auction results for each coin, add them all up"?
That was a little bit confusing. The "classic commemoratives" are the commemoratives in those denominations that were issued during those...
Jim, have you tried any of the newer 50g x 0.001g scales? I haven't, mine is a 30g x 0.001g, but I'd love to have an accurate/repeatable mg scale...
I was pretty sure the composition and weight hadn't changed since the first Shield nickels, but I didn't realize that the Shields were smaller in...
Hold on a second -- keep in mind that everyone in these contests is grading from photographs, which are a poor substitute for in-hand examination....
Isn't that because it's really hard to separate all the xylene isomers (ortho, meta, para) from ethylbenzene, and because it doesn't really matter...
Yep, that's the reaction that's been brought up previously. I'm interested in their definition of "ambient light" -- often these photoreactions...
I don't know what to think about demographics. On the one hand, we have a lot of aging collectors whose collections will soon be returning to the...
But doesn't the DJIA do a poorer job of tracking overall market activity than the other two indices you mentioned?
The problem with selling $100s on eBay is that they (and PayPal) charge FVF on the total sale price, not just profit (in this case markup over...
Yeah, but until we get to the bottom of that spotting/corrosion issue, I'd be nervous about using an aluminum container at all. I can't off the...
You could head off a lot of the unhelpful second-guessing here by weighing a few other nickels, and posting photos of the scale showing them at...
@physics-fan3.14 had some fairly alarming problems from acetone on aluminum coins. Jason, did you ever finish your experiment in that regard? Have...
Huh. I would've sworn the clear amber vials were polystyrene, but I just checked two, and they're PP (polypropylene). I also didn't realize PP...
Sure, Jim, but the coin would have to be worn flat to have lost that much weight to circulation. @Glenn Attalla, can you check whether this...
Are you thinking about the 1965 transition from 90% silver to clad for dimes, quarters and halves? (Nickels haven't changed their composition...
Is that an S on the reverse of the 1875? It's hiding in the shadows in the reverse shot...
Yeah, it looks like he wasn't suffering. He certainly wasn't suffering from modesty. :rolleyes:
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