PLEASE STOP SAYING THIS. As we said in the other thread, if you think a jewelry polishing cloth doesn't abrade your coins, it just means that you...
Yeah, but due to various short-term conditions I'm not feeling quite as prosperous as I had been, and that translates into increased reluctance to...
Yes, that recession occurred during that period, and a few years later gold and silver soared to record highs. (Silver may not have broken the...
And if so they'll appeal to eBay Buyer Protection, and win. No matter; my barrel of eBay missed opportunities is deep and wide enough that this...
And then look what happened in 2011. But for counterpoint, look at the recession that ran from 1987 to 1993, and what didn't happen to PM prices...
There's still a lot of beef on that Buffalo!
11.340 - 0.454 = 10.886. If your coin weighs 10.91, it's within tolerance by around .02-.03g (assuming the scale is accurate to .01g, which I...
Now, that's just silly. That micrometer was clearly put together after the invention of the wheel. ;)
It's got gunk on it. You could probably dislodge it with a toothpick.
Huh. I know the Carr overstrikes I've bought have different styles of luster, but these images look like there's barely any, just a sort of creamy...
Wow. I hope the coin wasn't very serious either; melting plastic around it couldn't have been great for it...
This appeared (briefly) in the new BIN listings this afternoon: Five Dollar 1805 Coin As Mens Watch Fob A turban-head half eagle (I think it's...
He couldn't have been trying very hard, then. Vacuum pumps and containers are easy enough to come by. Let it sit under a strong vacuum for a week...
Believe me, it's got to be a really interesting and educational post to get me to click "Like" on images of Zincolns. :yack:
Platinum, iridium, rhodium. Heck, uranium -- not only durable, but highly useful. Oil lasts for millions of years; it just isn't very compact.
I'm trying to figure out the color/texture, especially on the reverse. It looks for all the world like post-mint corrosion, but I don't know what...
Heh. I've got a somewhat worn Kennedy that I'm carrying as a pocket piece, but judging from the wear I've seen on my other pocket pieces, I won't...
I don't think you're looking at the statistical problem correctly, but stats isn't my strongest subject, so I'm not the one to do the professorial...
The number of slabs you're picking is negligible compared to the total number of slabs, so there's no significant difference between "with...
For those of us who aren't proficient at technical analysis, can you tell us what this chart is trying to say? Surely even the biggest...
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