Hi all, no posts since July? Just checking that this forum still
actually works. Give us a wave, if you're also am old 'regular' and been
regularly seeing if there's anything posted here.
Is it legal? Technically, getting a carded mintmarked coin, taking the
coin out of the card, replacing the mintmarked coin with a generic coin,
then selling the card without mentioning the switch, would be fraud.
Very very minor fraud, but still frau...
In case any non-coin-collector reading this is wondering what all the
fuss is about: when the $2 coin was first launched in 1988, they carried
the initials of designer Horst Hahne. Unfortunately, the location chosen
to place these initials was undern...
EBay is full of nutcases: from "Facebook fools" who pay a high price for
small change, to hopefuls who are convinced their trash is treasure, to
criminals who are using bogus eBay listings to launder money. EBay used
to be a pretty good source of "cu...
As Dilbert's Boss once said, "There's no law against optimism". Sellers
can set whatever ask price they want, and there's nothing anybody can do
about it, except choose not to buy at those prices. Some of them might
be scam artists; some might be kee...
Australia Post can probably make stamps depicting Charles III any time
they want; the Mints will have to wait until they receive an officially
endorsed royal portrait from the Royal Mint in Britain, and that won't
happen until early next year at the ...
