And we're supposed to get our first frost (and freeze) of the season tonight. Gotta remember to bring in the plants...
Not really, unfortunately. When the coin tones, sulfur grabs onto those surface silver atoms, disrupting some of their bonds with their...
This simply isn't so. Or, at least, it isn't simply so. Some metals form a coating that protects against further attack. This is called...
Yup. Back in the vicinity of 2008 I put some money into a mortgage company that was paying a 20% dividend. I collected in one quarter, then they...
Why would "the oil barons" care to "replace natural medicines with pharmaceutical drugs", used by the gram or milligram, when they had by then...
I'm not 100% sure that's true. I've seen a couple of older silver coins (Seated, Barber) that appear to have powdery black toning. I haven't tried...
The sale was in June 2015, I think. For future reference, you can start a new thread by clicking on the US Coins Forum link at the top of the...
Sure. All you have to do is get to them. :rolleyes: And by the same token, we know where to get more hydrocarbons than Man could ever burn -- on...
It's a long story, especially for the trade dollar (1878-P). The Charlotte dollar was carved into a love token on the obverse), but that left the...
...and a way to ship them for less than a dollar a pound, which is about what ground shipping usually runs for heavy packages. Depending on the...
But isn't the same true of any brokerage, bank, or storage facility?
Suppose you want to protect $200K in savings, and "don't trust the banks" (or the brokers, or the gummint, or whatever). In gold, that's a bit...
If copper goes to $3 per ounce, and everything else goes up 16 times as well, it'll still take several rolls of copper cents to buy a loaf of...
Well, most containers of mercury are round...
I've often said that if I ever won the lottery -- okay, if I ever played the lottery and won it -- one of the first things I'd do is go back to...
I have a soft spot in my heart for some damaged coins, but I still have trouble falling in love with a holed coin. But if you think a holed coin...
It glitters and shines It badgers and blinds And constantly needs protecting... I could've bought a 1/10 oz Eagle for the price of the ticket to...
But I thought they were all minted in better grades! ;) The Barber halves were one of the first sets I got interested in as an adult. There's a...
Oh, I rather suspect it will, maybe even in my lifetime. But it'll be because inflation has continued, and the dollar is worth a tenth of its...
You should look at investments -- real estate, equities, bonds. If you want to buy coins, buy what makes you happy. If you want to buy coins...
Separate names with a comma.
