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Coins melted together during San Francisco fire...
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Here's a pretty neat little blurb-- there's not much info but it is kind of cool.
gold, silver coins fused together during 1906 fire.
My local B&M in California had a blob of melted liberty nickels that were supposedly in the fire as well. I really, *really* regret passing on buying them, though they were really cool to look at.
gold, silver coins fused together during 1906 fire.
My local B&M in California had a blob of melted liberty nickels that were supposedly in the fire as well. I really, *really* regret passing on buying them, though they were really cool to look at.
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First, find some counterfeit gold and silver coins. That shouldn't be hard, huh?
Next, put several of these bogus coins from the same general time frame on the charcoal the next time you cook weenies on the grill. Make sure the dates get melted real good!
Read up on your history and make up a good story about the coins being melted in a fire. The better the story, the more money you'll make when you sell the charbroiled lump!!
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<< <i>Here's a pretty neat little blurb-- there's not much info but it is kind of cool.
gold, silver coins fused together during 1906 fire.
My local B&M in California had a blob of melted liberty nickels that were supposedly in the fire as well. I really, *really* regret passing on buying them, though they were really cool to look at. >>
When I clicked on your link, my Norton's antivirus screen popped up with a 'red alert' virus attack.
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The melting point of silver is 962°C. The melting point of gold is 1064°C. The silver coins look like they melted thoroughly while the gold has the one area where the gold has been totally melted away while other areas of the coin appear unaffected.
No expert but it just doesn't look right to me. How does one area of the gold coin get totally melted, with the silver coins around it thoroughly melt, and yet other parts of the coin look unaffected by the heat.
My point is gold melts far sooner than silver therefore the gold coin should be melted and not the silver coins????
Am I lookingat this the wrong way??
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<< <i>I believe to be fake
My point is gold melts far sooner than silver therefore the gold coin should be melted and not the silver coins????
Am I lookingat this the wrong way??
Really? The set of melted coins I saw from the San Francisco fire showed a 1921 Morgan that was in pretty good shape.
<< <i>I believe to be fake
My point is gold melts far sooner than silver therefore the gold coin should be melted and not the silver coins????
Am I lookingat this the wrong way??
That's a good point. Why does the gold show no damage from the heat, yet the other metal is completely obliterated.
<< <i>I believe to be fake
My point is gold melts far sooner than silver therefore the gold coin should be melted and not the silver coins????
Am I looking at this the wrong way??
Actually the melting point of gold is HIGHER then silver.
Melting point of gold: 1064.18 °C
Melting point of silver: 961.93 °C
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...just be careful that the slab it's in isn't counterfeit.
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<< <i>So, can you buy a seated Liberty Blob? >>
If you have enough money, someone could make one for you.
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<< <i>I am suspect of every story that mentions any grandparents. If I don't have an eye witness that I personally know and trust then I ignore the story. Amazing what the human mind can conjure up, if you just remove the story then it becomes a lump of s--t, that is when you know you need a story. >>
You got that right. I can hear some local flea market seller giving a big sob story about his grandparents' house fire that destroyed everything except this fake coin blob. The last sentence usually goes............
"........and when we sifted through the ashes, this is all we found of Grandma and Grandpa."
Some people will buy anything that has a good story attached to it. There's a sucker born every minute. And the dumber people get, the less I feel sorry for them.