That sort of circular gouge is usually damage from a coin rolling machine (the kind that rolls the end of the paper, rather than folding it over)....
I would assume @medoraman's reasoning is that energy costs dominate the cost of mining -- with the amount of material you have to go through to...
I need to bookmark this thread to come back and read it next time I'm confronted with a "real deal" on classic gold. On the other hand, on the...
And we aren't the only ones. :rolleyes:
But-but-but a Very Highly Placed Official just argued that a strong dollar (corresponding to low gold) is a bad thing, because it makes American...
Says the person whose fights-picked-per-post ratio is surely among the highest on the site. ;)
This makes me much happier than "have long since been dug up and scattered". I remember reading a science-fiction short story that alluded to a...
On the right end.
I'm pretty sure the 35% silver composition does not ring like 90% coin silver, but I don't have one on hand to check it. Weight and specific...
I can't tell from these photos. It could be lighting. Has anyone asked whether it sticks to a magnet?
Nope. Just a coin that somebody messed with after it left the Mint. Welcome to CoinTalk!
The amount of platinum used to plate the coin would be worth at most a couple of cents. It's a very thin layer. For the same reason, it wouldn't...
Yeah, we've gone round and round for years on the topic of restoring dates to silver coins. One member said he had good luck with white vinegar...
Well, it's badly damaged, probably in multiple ways. The smaller diameter, high rims, and fringe around the circumference indicate that it was...
Yeah, I've seen the hard plastic cylindrical tubes in different colors for different denominations, but not multiple colors for a single...
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