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Re: Real value of gold to governments
<< <i>Are you mistaking gold as an insurance policy. Lots of good folks bought into the insurance policy concept only to see their investment wiped out 30-50%, or worse yet, have seen 10-15% (or more), or their investable lifetimes elapse. Some have even died waiting for this insurance to pay off. I don't see it as… -
Re: WI Extra Leaf 25c How they were made - VIDEO
<< <i> I think Occam's Razor is silent on this one. I might lean toward your scenario if it weren't for the fact that the "high leaf" is growing out of a cheese wheel. Shall we also assume that the mint employee responsible was vision-impaired and palsied? It's always tempting to fill gaps in one's knowledge with myth and… -
Re: As gold slowly approaches an all-time record high in dollars.....
No, just because the lame stream media won't cover the real news does not mean this country is not watching. I have used the analogy of the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor; when news of the successful attack reached his head quarters Yamamoto's junior officers cheered loudly. After the commotion died down Yamamoto said… -
Re: Other Coin Forums ?
Did you know there are signs at the edge of the Grand Canyon saying something like "Watch out for edge, you may fall!". Do you call your lawyer when you trip over your loose shoelace when shoping at the supermarket? What is this world coming to? You sould like someone who expects the world to revolve around them. People… -
Re: Are y'all alone in your collecting like me?
Yep, the same here. It's been just over 2 years now that I have really have droped in buying cards. I just collect baseball. I used to have a nice web site with lots of pics, all my extras to help people fill there sets. But after the IRC channel died off, the ones of you that read this from that long ago will remember, I… -
New Collectible Show this Fall on Discovery
For those who like to watch the Antique Roadshow, Incurable Collector and other collectibles shows on the H&G Station - here's one that will air this fall but is setting up in cities in preparation for the airing. Pop Nation!: America's Coolest Stuff will be going around the country looking for people to come forth with… -
Keep Current Detector or Upgrade?
Well this fall my son will be off to college and that will be that for kids in the house. As an empty nester with possible retirement getting closer every day I would like to at one point get back into casual metal detecting. My current unit from years ago is a White 6000 DI Pro Plus which was a highly regarded detector in… -
Re: The proof coinage of 1817
Analyst February 11, 2010 Almost every expert regarding 19th century Proofs is in agreement that there are a significant number of coins of supposed Proof-only dates that do not have the physical characteristics generally associated with Proofs. In an early post to this thread, Capt. Henway said so. In addition to Breen,… -
Chilean 'CHIIE' error coin FS.....
In 2008 Chile produced an interesting error on some 50 Peso coins. The error had the name of the country misspelled as CHIIE. $10 shipped from a BBC press release regarding the coins: Engraver Pedro Urzua Lizana told The Associated Press he unknowingly left off the bottom part of the letter "L" when, in December, he was… -
Consumerism/Capitalism and the degredation of coinage
This might sound as if i'm going to come across as anti-capitalist. Generally i'm only a luke warm capitalist anyhow, so i'm not as anti as this might come across, but it's food for thought; Many people on many forums have stated over the years that modern coinage lacks the designs and the elegance of the coins from bygone…
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