Google reveals a few other instances of people offering coins like this for sale, priced as though they actually contained 1.5 oz of gold, and...
Not meaning to derail the thread, but I've reread this sentence half a dozen times, and I still can't figure out what you were trying to say...?...
Copper, as I understand it, is quoted in avoirdupois -- 454 g/lb.
I decided to go ahead and spawn off a new thread where I'll post photos and high-resolution (10mg or 1mg) weights of coins in various states of...
...and THAT is why we say "timing is everything." :) Off to do my Friday bank rounds. Skunked last Friday; hope luck is better today...
A mackerel, actually. There were no scale bars, and I was probably six or seven, so it was a whale to me. :)
Oh, wow, I'd forgotten about the centennial designs! Growing up in Maryland near Interstate 81, I'd get Canadian coins in change fairly...
You don't think those cuts in the upper field on the reverse are enough to bring it down? It's a fantastic strike, and fantastically clean...
Okay, I'm going to let myself feel a little smug about that Jefferson. :) And try not to think about the Roosie.
As I might have suspected, we aren't the first to consider the nature and significance of metal loss due to coin wear. Money and the Mechanism...
I saw an article yesterday (sorry, didn't save the link) indicating that only something like 2% of the world's oil actually goes through the Suez...
Just for completeness, here's a link to the original thread: ORIGINAL THREAD :)
I think the problem is that the rules were described very clearly in the original thread, but the first post of THIS thread didn't refer back to...
So, are weak strikes ever valued more highly as a sort of perverse "condition rarity"?
This is the key assertion, and one that I think we'll be able to test. I'm becoming more convinced that the primary "wear process" is not...
Okay, those Barbers: [ATTACH] 2.136 g [ATTACH] 2.085 g So, that last one -- not too far off in grade from a lot of the Barber Dime bulk batches...
Okay, here are a few lowballers with images and weights. First, a pair of near-uncirculated "calibrators" -- both of these weighed high, so...
Skidding in under the wire -- sorry, folks... Morgan -- MS62 (was considering 61 here). Nice luster, but it fell in with the wrong crowd....
I finally got in to check out the local coin shop near my parents' house. It looked like they might have some pretty nice inventory. I'll never...
Don't you suppose gold and other PM coins entail higher expenses for security at all stages of processing?
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