For some strange reason silver mining companies are moving up against the stock predictors saying it should be going down.
A forum is built and maintained by the active members. The owners/admins/moderators set the rules and enforce them, but the strength of a forum,...
It was very obvious that the group migrated, last time it was to CoinTalk and this time away from it. I knew that so many people hadn't been...
I haven't seen a ban on mentioning cowpox yet. It is a relative of smallpox and used to be almost zero, but most thought smallpox was extinct and...
Be very careful , as paper that old may break apart due to the water if you try to lift it. if you can find a narrow blade spatula at a 99 cent...
The SF mint had a lot of machine doubling on coins in the late 69-71 period or longer , due to worn machinery in my opinion. Many people see...
Don't rush on starting a major, 50-80% of US 1st year college students change it at least once. My advice is to only consider a major that you...
Hopefully one of the paper money experts pops in with good advice ( I am not one of them). There was a lot of reprints( fake) that were printed,...
They are called sacrificial metals and they differ, Zinc is used to protect iron/steel, for instance, for silver and copper coins, unless they...
As extreme as they are, any treatment to remove the deep black areas chemically will make the untarnished area extremely obvious as they become...
Anything I store in an album, box, or other type of encasement, I add a strip of adhesive copper metal that I have scratched up with very fine...
I am thinking of a person removing the coins and use them one the top of gold men's rings. They would be costly , but there is a demand with all...
OldHoopster seems to have it correct from my observation. Jim
The local coin dealer asked me come down and look at a gold bracelet. I have helped him several times in this area near the border as many...
I agree with Paddy54 more the major part. The minor part is not important as I have never seen up close the punching operation except on an old...
A large number were saved as it was a new design. Small difference in VDB or no -VDB prices fom then to today , it will go more by the grade as...
No Problem. Happy to do so. Jim
Welcome, Since dies of that time were often overused as their production was done manually ( humans) rather than current CNC (computer control),...
True doubling causes an increased thickness of the area, so the overall width is Normal thickness + the additional doubled portion. Other types of...
Hi , The same microscope/camera has been around for at least 25 years when I purchased one with a different name. The resolution is 640x480...
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