The affect that causes a silver coin to drag against a magnetic field is called eddy current braking. It has nothing to do with the actual metal...
Real people are far too political and polarizing. Why do we need to have any anthropomorphic figure on our money? Let's get back to heraldic...
Sounds like a new way to tone coins with all those lovely fumes coming off the burning inked pages. Just make sure you throw it in a forest fire...
"Dear Budding Particle Physicist, Please do not use a coin as a faraday cup in the Large Hadron Collider" ------- Maybe some Manhattan Project...
"Dear Budding Numismatist, Please stop using a floor buffer to 'conserve' your coins." ------ Geeze! That thing looks like Newton's first...
I have looked through this thread and I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet: Nate, you may already know this but if not, please resist the...
My wife and I spent a week in Manhattan a few years ago. We felt very safe the entire time we were there. I miss being able to get a prosciutto...
Doesn't it make more sense to express the price that you pay for face value coinage as a percentage over melt? If I say I paid 12x, it really...
"So...if she weighs as much as a duck.... .... ..... SHE'S MADE OF WOOD!!!!"
The number of pieces being struck is not the issue. Remember, we're talking about commemorative pieces here, not business strikes. These pieces...
Yeah, the difference is Daniel Carr cares about his craft and has real talent. The people at the US Mint are just there to make money.
I guess for very low mintage coins, every die pairing gets scrutinized. That would also make it easier to match up multiple coins from the same...
You make a good point about verifying that a roll is original. The odds of 50 coins from a high mintage issue coming back together in a roll are...
I can't post pics right now (I'm not at home) My question was really more in the general sense, not for these coins specifically. There is...
Does anybody place a premium on having multiple coins that were struck from the same die? For example, I just picked up three 1955-S cents which...
WOW! Full split bands on that mercury dime. Not even the US Mint could manage that on their latest issue :-P
Man that's a great picture! I just wish I got the inside joke. :-)
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