I think the word you're looking for is "relief". :) Also, aren't (non-retained) strikethroughs more typically incuse as well? Something gets...
I was trying to figure out whether any sort of PCGS value guarantee would come into play...?
This is a topic I find very interesting, but I'm afraid I don't have much to contribute. Does your XRF provide a full-depth measurement, or is it...
Did it work out well? I've bought a fair amount of lab and test equipment on eBay over the years, but analytical balances seem so fragile and...
Ah, here's the thread where I linked to the scales I got. 30x0.001g and 300x0.01g. I use the 300-gram scale a lot more than the other one -- the...
Maybe. But neither it, nor the rest of your paragraph, are relevant to the topic of this thread. And when your first two posts here are hawking...
If you're buying on eBay, get a scale that goes down to hundredths of a gram at least. I bought two scales there, one with .01g resolution and one...
Yep. It's not the case that heating the alloy above mercury's boiling point causes all the mercury to explode out at once. You can think of an...
Well, to be picky, the sulfur oxidizes the mercury to make mercuric sulfide. It's very different from amalgamation, althought the end result is...
I wanted mercury since earliest childhood, when the "chemical magic" and "science fun" books were full of experiments that called for it. About...
On the other hand, I'm irritated by junk-silver sellers who think I should pay melt plus 10% plus shipping on a lot so they can get melt value...
I think it was Ray Bradbury who said "I don't try to predict the future with my writing, I try to prevent it."
And I'll thank you not to use that sort of language in thread titles. :rolleyes:
I wish we could go back in time to meet our great-grandparents, walking to the country store clutching their small purses of Real Money (silver...
I'm getting pretty close on a Walking Liberty set -- need the 21-D, 16-S and a few non-keys. I built out most of a Barber half set when a certain...
So, has anybody here ever started a "Post your best Details coin" thread? I know I've got at least one candidate, although it certainly doesn't...
The thing that struck me most was the apparent total absence of luster on the obverse. I'm sure there must be some visible in hand, but both the...
Ah. No, I bargain-hunt all the time, but on the rare occasions when I do sell, it's for cash or the equivalent. If I were to trade, I'd be...
So, was "indecent" a really remarkably overachieving typo for "dessicant"? Autocorrect can be a blessing, but it's still a great idea to look...
I don't understand the question. I can trade any of my coins for something of equal value, although I'd usually have to do it through an...
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