Forum: Coins
May 30th 08, 10:21 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 4
Views: 704
Question about nickle ingot
On May 30, 4:04 pm, "John Ahnen" wrote:
Today while at the local convenience store, the clerk was talking with a
customer and showing him a metal bar.
When my turn...
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Forum: Coins
December 30th 07, 05:37 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 140
Views: 3,232
Mottoes on US coins
My opinions on IGWT...
1) To have this on the national currency is, clearly, and totally
unambiguously, inappropriate. It *should* be removed.
BUT
2) There are far, far more important things to...
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Forum: Coins
November 17th 07, 05:40 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,610
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Forum: Coins
August 20th 07, 05:08 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,107
Hollow Pennies
On Aug 19, 5:18 pm, "Andy" wrote:
What if you put
a few fine scratches or holes in a US penny and let it soak in weak acid for
a while, would the zinc...
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Forum: Coins
July 18th 07, 05:47 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,520
change the name of this group please
krs4b wrote:
rec.collecting.arrogance....
How 'bout rec.krs4b.veto.power.collecting.coins.waaah.waaah.waaah??
I don't like the obnoxious trolls any more than you do, but that is
kind of the way...
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Forum: Coins
June 17th 07, 08:33 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 25
Views: 915
Where does coin metal come from
On Jun 17, 10:31 am, Reid Goldsborough
wrote:
I don't think the e-process is responsible for the creation of numismatic elements
Depends on what you call 'numismatic'....
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Forum: Coins
June 15th 07, 07:35 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 25
Views: 915
Where does coin metal come from
Some comments based on reading/skimming the first chapter of
'Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd ed', N N Greenwood & A Earnshaw...
Massive stars (around 1.4-3.5 solar masses) eventually explode...
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Forum: Coins
May 28th 07, 10:41 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 11
Views: 891
Sorting 1982 Linc Variety
On May 28, 3:33 pm, Jump Master wrote:
Is there an easy way to distinguish between the 82 Lincoln varieties?
I do have a gram scale
I recommend weighing them, although...
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Forum: Coins
May 27th 07, 04:49 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 218
Views: 15,034
what else do you collect?
I collect chemical elements as well. I think it is a fun set of
things to collect, *almost* finite, but as others have mentioned, the
artificial elements are not obtainable. In fact, most of my...
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Forum: Paper Money
March 25th 07, 07:05 PM Posted to rec.collecting.paper-money
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Replies: 3
Views: 540
Am I being paranoid?
They look blurry to everyone which is not a good sign either, are they
trying to hide something? Billy
Anything where the seller can't manage to post a decent photo makes me
suspicious,...
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Forum: Paper Money
March 24th 07, 11:12 PM Posted to rec.collecting.paper-money
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Replies: 3
Views: 540
Am I being paranoid?
On Mar 24, 4:20 pm, "note.boy" wrote:
This seller's notes have a sameness to them condition wise
They all look blurry to me.
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Forum: Paper Money
March 17th 07, 01:58 AM Posted to rec.collecting.paper-money
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Forum: Coins
March 15th 07, 12:33 AM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 8
Views: 492
New 2007 Niob coin is in!
Regarding the niobium colors... Very likely, what they are doing is
'anodizing' the surface, which is using an electric current to coat
the metal with a very thin film of (transparent) oxide. Light...
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Forum: Paper Money
March 1st 07, 10:10 PM Posted to rec.collecting.paper-money
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Replies: 2
Views: 842
What's being offered?
On Mar 1, 5:14 am, "note.boy" wrote:
Read this listing and decide what exactly is being offered
The note note with serial no. A127-286, condition around VG. ...
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Forum: Coins
March 1st 07, 09:12 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins,uk.rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 15
Views: 853
How To Detect Fake Silver?
On Mar 1, 5:28 am, Tony Clayton
wrote:
Of the elements, iron, cobalt, nickel and, I think,
praesodymium, are the only ferromagnetic ones.
A number of the...
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Forum: Coins
February 12th 07, 07:38 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,656
Are the new dollars doomed?
On Feb 12, 12:35 pm, "A.E. Gelat" wrote:
Yes, all present and planned dollar cons are doomed. They are collectors'
items, but not circulating money. Yes, I know that...
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Forum: Paper Money
February 7th 07, 12:35 AM Posted to rec.collecting.paper-money
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Replies: 7
Views: 766
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Forum: Coins
January 29th 07, 08:27 PM Posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Replies: 7
Views: 498
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