Found a small pile of change in the reject slot at the grocery-store CoinStar this evening. A few chewed-up Zincolns, two copper cents, a quarter...
I was mostly going by the EMF table. Aluminum's a lot more reactive than even zinc; if not for that oxide coating, it would displace hydrogen from...
Most of the PMs are resistant -- gold, platinum, iridium, rhodium, palladium. Silver's sort of a historic outlier -- it's not all that rare, but...
Someone probably ground down the rim, removing the copper layer and exposing the zinc core, which would look silvery.
You're probably thinking of GOLD as the metal that's resistant to chemical attack. Silver's not as reactive as copper, but it's still reactive...
That was my first reaction, too, but reread the comment. He's pointing out that sometimes circumstances prevent you from canceling the scheduled...
Tarnish (toning) forms when sulfur combines with silver on the surface of a coin. When you dip the coin, it removes both -- the sulfur, and the...
Yeah, I've got mixed emotions about this, too. I'd be sad to see "coin silver" go away, but it wouldn't be the first time it's happened, and .999...
Unless, of course, you're bidding on one of MY auctions. :devil:
I understand your point, but do you see that it doesn't matter whether you can get in with five seconds to spare or five milliseconds to spare?...
Yep, as long as it's a machine doing it, it counts. As opposed to last-minute bidding, where you place the bid without the aid of a computer. I'm...
[Expletive not appropriate for 1950's TV] that. Making threats against me based on my real-world contact info skips you right over the "first and...
Rats, I thought I knew the path, but I can't find it now, and I've got to head out in a couple of minutes. As I recall, it wasn't too hard to find...
Contact your local police IMMEDIATELY. After you've talked to them, contact eBay by phone, not by messaging. The chances that the guy will...
I'm looking at the 1909 VDB DDO FS-1101, as offered in this auction. Now, if someone showed me a coin with features like this, I'd dismiss it as...
Yep. eBay doesn't cut such sellers much slack at all. Here's my similar tale, although I didn't realize the coin was fake when I bid on it....
That's... not luster. I think you're mistaking "luster" for "shine". Yes, that coin is heavily polished -- it's shiny as can be, but not a trace...
I've shown examples of people using "sniping" to include manual activity from the very beginning -- from the first time, back in 1997, that people...
Hey, I think we're getting somewhere! :) We agree that this is the point -- placing a bid so late that nobody can react to it. You also agree,...
Oh, for heaven's sake. What do you think language is? It's a set of symbols or sounds, arranged according to a grammar, with meanings mutually...
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