I am pretty sad actually. My great grandfather's farm is the site of the Iowa State Fair. I would have like that State Fair commemorative. The...
The only thing that would come to mind is a type of coin packaging that either the mint used, or was popular with collectors in Italy. I have seen...
I guess I am just stuck there. I hate selling, even stuff I haven't looked at in over a decade. I just KNOW someday I will wish I hadn't sold...
Here is a reverse closeup of an interesting (to me) coin. I like the lighthouse in the background. [ATTACH] Btw Bruce saw these in person,...
Late and not great, but pics of what I got Here are some ok pics of what I got at CICF. Like i said, they were $18 a piece if you bought a group...
Just asking, Fatima, not trying to start a war, but would the greater conductivity play a role in lowering temperatures? Lower resistance should...
See :) Completely different reads fom this graph. And that is ok. I would say if the price discovery method was not functioning, there should...
Well first, supply and demand have to equal. Second, how do you know the age of this "scrap"? How do we know its not a necklace made last year?...
Great find. I imagine it might be a good time to try to find such items, with lots of bullion trading hands lately a lot of coins squirreled away...
No, but BU rolls of stuff like wheat cents, jeffersons, morgans, maybe one roll of WL halves, stuff like that. Just stuff bought over 30 years...
Because he can, he gets more enjoyment out of having them in the album, he gets tactile enjoyment out of actually touching a coin and not peering...
Cool to know, thanks TC. :) I stand corrected, but would say without a plastic seal around the lid would not be airtight. Whenever I have a roll I...
But they upped quarter production to compensate. That is an easy replacement. Replace the $5 bill with a coin, but then have the coin disappear...
/agreed. I love the eagles they designed back then. How the heck did we go from these cool eagles to the bufugly Mercanti road kill eagles is...
Maxime, welcome! Nice shatter die error! :) Btw, your English is better than my French, so no worries. Whenever I see someone struggling a bit...
Only if these were above and beyond other coins already needed. My post #5 is assuming such a coinage was done as an integral part of the...
It would basically wreak havoc with commerce since Gresham's law would kick in. Lets walk through it. The mint coins a coin with lets say...
Great post OP. Textbook example of why toned coins used to be discounted, since there is no way of knowing what is under the...
Not that I am aware of. In fact, I do not think they come in tubes from the mint, but someone could correct me if I am wrong.
Fair enough sir, if you love to coin no disagreeing with you. I just was reacting to the tendency of collectors sometimes to try to create too...
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