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Re: You Don't Know the Power of the Dark Side!
The origin of the phrase "dark side" in reference to world coin collecting is only indirectly linked to Star Wars. The origin, as I'm sure those older threads will tell you, is found in the idea that "the average American coin collector knows more about the dark side of the Moon than they know about foreign coins". Thus,… -
The USFL is coming back
Fox Sports announced the return of the USFL in 2022. Yahoo Sports Fox announces that the USFL is coming back in 2022 while offering very few specifics The USFL is coming back. Though we're not sure what it'll look like. Fox announced Thursday that the ill-fated 1980s football league would be reborn in 2022, though the… -
Re: Recently slabbed "Genuine" coins
[Maybe I can learn something here] You have direct experience with metals (with a T) and minting beyond what I can imagine, so I feel you're a good person to ask this question - Is there a characteristic signature for a whizzed coin other than "it looks whizzed?" My understanding is whizzing moves metal and should impart… -
Re: Has you detector ever given you a signal
ive gotton false signals before and didnt worry about it after a while. i did go back later on with a different detector and it was nothing. jmo & happy hunting -
Re: Finished with Ebay and PayPal
Perhaps it was the DEVIL who stole your coins and bearing false witness may keep your from becoming eternal once you die? The stakes are high on eBay -
Re: $2000+ gold
Major bank purchases reached a 55-year high, which is WILD... After falling at the start of 2023, the costs of precious metals have risen during the last three months. Falling U.S. currency, rising international tensions, and economic uncertainty drove a 9 percent surge in the World Bank's precious metals index in 2023 Q1.… -
Re: Looking at some 1973-D rolls and found this.
<< <i>could someone explain the dropped letter stuff to me? is part of the S from one coin retained in the die and on a later coin, falls out and then becomes a strikethrough? >> Die letter gets filled with junk, which eventually falls out onto a planchet, as it is being struck. The junk which is shaped like the letter… -
Re: How am I getting outbid at Heritage with split bids?
<< <i> << <i>Heritage internet only auction >> The internet only auctions have slightly different bid increments than the standard floor auctions. So in your case a $503 bid falls in the bid inc. range of $500~$999 with $20 dollar increments. your $375 dollar bid falls in the range of $200~$499 with $10 dollar increments.… -
Re: What do you call the "teeth" around the rim of some coins?
I always understood the primary reason for the denticles was to make a coin more difficult to counterfeit. Making a false die is especially difficult when there are denticles around the edge that have to be created. -
Re: Chuck Knoblauch and Emmitt Smith Do America
<< <i>[ Maybe you can take him skiing and he can have an accidental falling off a mountain incident? >> Well, Chuck didn't make it skiing, but there was a near accidental falling off a mountain incident... Here's what Chuck did in Colorado this week. First, he browsed the message boards and reminisced about his time in the…
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