I see a market niche here -- you could make spacers to the exact size for each coin type, designed so they contact only the rims of the coins. But...
Doug's right -- if the xylene is left to evaporate, it'll have no effect on making the water bead up, as long as the xylene hasn't left a layer of...
Pretty sure that "price a dealer offers for your coin" is significantly lower than "price a dealer asks to sell that same coin". :) I'd expect a...
One small quibble: I really don't think you want to follow a xylene rinse with distiller water -- xylene and water are immiscible, and you'll just...
The photos certainly make it look like a polished coin, but if I squint past the glare, it does look like it has the detail of an uncirculated...
Still easier than digging them out from underneath the basement slab. Oops, I've said too much... :)
Again, there are some things you really should budget for before you budget for coins.
It's also very quick and convenient for burglars to check. They're on to you.
I like both designs, but my prospects for actually collecting Busts are pretty slim.
My favorite site for coin news? You're soaking in it. :)
That... doesn't make any sense at all. You might as well say "I'm going to buy gold by the gram instead of the ounce, because for every $1/gram...
Yeah, having people underestimate you can be bad for the ego, but it can be great for negotiation.
Platinum is denser (and therefore more "portable and easy to hide") than gold.
Where do I hide my collection? Under the sink, behind all the paper towels that have been used once or twice, but are still clean enough to use...
Silver has "sky rocketed" twice in the last 200 years or so -- once around 1980, and once around 2010. There was a long, gradual uptrend for the...
So... you're saying that you would only purchase 40% Kennedy halves at 58 cents apiece or less, but you're qualifying that statement by saying...
I was going to say "there's no way someone could be capable of reading coin references and still be this terrible at spelling", but I suppose I...
I've noticed the same thing -- usually at intersections. I think I see more nickels and dimes than cents at this point, and even the occasional...
I'm not fond of Barber's Liberty designs, but they've grown on me. Dead presidents have not. The Barber halves are an interesting challenge, too,...
SLQs are a nice design; not my favorite, but probably my favorite quarter. (The competition doesn't amount to much, except for the very early...
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