I'm with @ksmooter61 - I don't think those obverse marks are from grinding; I think they're just the texture of whatever the coin was sitting on...
Being in the center of a vault bag should be close enough to "not exposed to air". The coins closest to the bag material would intercept most of...
That happened sometimes even before the cent shortage. I think sometimes the manager on duty just can't be bothered to reload the machines.
Sudden flashback to college days, in the time of "Let's Go Krogering" - my best friend stuck one of the (then fairly new) plastic bags to his door...
Around here, I shop at Food Lion, Harris-Teeter (part of the Kroger kingdom), and Aldi. Aldi runs nearly everyone through self-checkout, and the...
My first silver dollar was a gift from my grandfather. He went to the bank and withdrew a dollar for each grandchild. Face value. I wasn't...
Okay, in light of that comparison photo, it's hard for me to imagine that this was ever a legitimate coin. Could we see an edge photo? I'm...
I will make small bets against that by selling some of my silver if buy prices catch up to spot prices at current levels (instead of the 10% or...
...aaaand it's back up near its all-time high.
I don't think this shop gets many folks with that little judgement and that much money. They may get some folks that, how to say this,...
That's... wow. Nope, I'm not sure I could reproduce this if I tried. I've certainly seen stuff crystallize looking like that. But to make metal...
Huh, I always thought that stood for Finger Up. At least, that's what I'm giving them on this.
Depends on the application. Silver is most conductive by volume, but it's only about 6% more conductive than copper, while costing well over 100...
Silver continues to PLUMMET today, sinking to lows not seen since (checks notes) um, Monday?
Don't forget the "alpha" privy mark!
Yep. My diagnosis is "too much money", possibly comorbid with "not enough sense".
Pretty sure he's strict about not changing face value, and not striking non-coin bullion with coin features (both of which are certainly...
I'm assuming the $9999.99 is basically an "ask for current price" flag. They had the same price on nearly everything in the case. I didn't ask,...
And I wouldn't add any, either.
I've been tempted. At one point years ago they were paying 75% of melt for silver and trying to sell it at 150% of melt. If I could sell to them...
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