Yes, annealing and reinsertion into the press preserving the alignment: http://coins.about.com/od/uscoins/a/uhr_saints.htm. "According to Walter...
References differ on the exact number, but the 1907, depending on who you consult, may have required as many as 11 strikes per coin. I don't think...
I'd thank everyone individually but there have been too many thoughtful and helpful replies to answer one at a time. The perspectives and advice...
So it's really not crazy most of the time?
Taj Mahal and pyramids: http://www.pandaamerica.com/NEWS_tajMahal5-31-06.ASP
Things that require study are fine, in fact that adds to the fun, at least for me. I get scared, though, when I read about professional dealers...
What does it mean that prices like this are being realized during an economic disaster? What will happen if the economy recovers?
The 2009 Ultra High Relief double Eagle shipped with a book that goes into fascinating detail about how the dies were prepared, and has a web site...
Wikipedia links to a long and interesting paper (http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/hetsa/Fishburn%20final.pdf) which questions whether they were...
An other-worldly glow. The combination of the color and the luster is what struck me.
There is an overlooked forum feature called the "ignore list". Click "User CP" from the navigation bar near the top, scroll down the list of...
The conversion to the Euro didn't cause a big swing in gold either way, and the combined EU economy is just as big as the US's.
There's a fairly good Wikipedia article about the past, present, and future of the Special Drawing Right.
99.93%. I think 8 9's of purity would be noteworthy even for computer-grade silicon.
If you buy at $1200, and (hypothetically) the spot price was $1050 and the dealer charged $100 premium and $50 shipping and "handling", well, gold...
At the risk of getting into a logic tangle, that was a good answer.
If I don't store my silver in an Intercept Shield(R) product, then from what I've read it's certain to tone eventually. If I store it in a way...
Aren't there/weren't there albums that were known to react with coins placed in them?
I've read that when (over)dipped coins re-tone they tend to be ugly. This is the reason, that the surface texture has been destroyed or damaged by...
A priori, air circulation should speed things up: more reactants going by, more chances to react. Doug, can you say more? It makes perfect sense...
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