We shopped frequently at Giant in Lancaster PA when my wife lived there (1988-1993). My parents shopped frequently at Martin's in Hagerstown MD,...
Wow, I'm glad to see that you're back and recovering. You obviously already know how serious that diagnosis was -- it wasn't really on my radar,...
Error collectors generally want the best example they can find/afford of an error, and don't care so much about date rarity in general. They won't...
I know the Harris-Teeter supermarkets here still have a meat department, and there are usually at least two people cutting meat in it when I'm...
I usually go to our local coin show to sell junk silver, sometimes better stuff or gold. When I was camping on eBay new BIN listings every day, I...
A lot of retail is already empty parking lots -- but some of what's left has staying power, and I expect some people smarter and more ambitious...
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It seems like anything finer than milligram sensitivity still kicks you into the $$$$ realm. I looked into getting a microgram balance, but those...
And I'm far enough out of the field that I can't recognize jokes, so... why am I posting here again? :oops: :D
I didn't see the exact assays in the linked article, only that the product "remained above 99.99". Going from 99.996 to 99.992 would amount to a...
I'm not a paper collector either, as I said, but I'd expect the decimal point to land in a different place there. Edit: I see a fainter one that...
Not a paper collector, but I'll be interested to see what the experts say. Welcome to CoinTalk!
Yep, our first show's coming up Saturday. Not sure if I'll be buying anything, but I'll post here if I get something worthwhile.
That looks very much like the one I bought. Not sure if it's identical -- I don't remember the little indent for the calibration weight -- but the...
If you really want milligram (0.001g) resolution, you'll probably want a cover like that one has, but I don't think I'd like the hinged-door...
2000 year something? I've seen LOTS of 2000-year-old coins that have held up better than a 20-year-old Zincoln. At least future archaeologists...
When I started collecting, the whole country was drowning in 1964 nickels, many of them still like new. Eventually they did wear down. Today,...
Sure enough, back under 20. Maybe I should be looking to buy this weekend -- nah, shows are for selling. For buying, it's underpriced lots on...
The posters above were talking about someone polishing the die, not the coin. The die strikes the planchet to press the design into it. If the...
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