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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3095659, member: 51347"]What a GREAT idea! LOL, big fun to have a big 1k hunk of that metal. I only have a small piece of Iridium, so I do not appreciate its SG as much...</p><p><br /></p><p>Early in my career, I was involved in developing Lithium into batteries (yeah, I am not a youngin') Our controlled-environment development room had an under 1% humidity - we could only work in them under 2 hours. Pretty cool metal. Unfortunately, at the time I was playing the role as Accountant, so I was not allowed to play in that sandbox too much. But, I did control all of our precious metals including silvers, golds, and other fun stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Growing up and when I was collecting Moderns, we were not allowed to own gold. When that law was changed (1974?), I started getting gold coins. Have several World gold, but have not deep-dived into Ancient Gold as I would like.</p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason, this little devil caught my eye:</p><p><br /></p><p>Neat detail on a small flan...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]782196[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage - Zeugitana AV 1-10th Stater-Shekel 350-320 BCE 0.94g 7.5mm Palm- Horse Head[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3095659, member: 51347"]What a GREAT idea! LOL, big fun to have a big 1k hunk of that metal. I only have a small piece of Iridium, so I do not appreciate its SG as much... Early in my career, I was involved in developing Lithium into batteries (yeah, I am not a youngin') Our controlled-environment development room had an under 1% humidity - we could only work in them under 2 hours. Pretty cool metal. Unfortunately, at the time I was playing the role as Accountant, so I was not allowed to play in that sandbox too much. But, I did control all of our precious metals including silvers, golds, and other fun stuff. Growing up and when I was collecting Moderns, we were not allowed to own gold. When that law was changed (1974?), I started getting gold coins. Have several World gold, but have not deep-dived into Ancient Gold as I would like. For some reason, this little devil caught my eye: Neat detail on a small flan... [ATTACH=full]782196[/ATTACH] Carthage - Zeugitana AV 1-10th Stater-Shekel 350-320 BCE 0.94g 7.5mm Palm- Horse Head[/QUOTE]
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