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I found a coin.?

Are there any coin collectors out there? It is a 1966 penny, that sounds like a dime when you drop it, it is shiney and it has fuzzy edges instead of crisp lines. Is it a counterfeit?… Continue reading

11 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - September 3, 2010 at 2:28 pm

Categories: Trivia   Tags: coin collectors, crisp lines, fuzzy edges

What's up with this coin?

I recently found a strange quarter. It’s lighter than usual, and the reeding is uneven (in some places, the edge is almost entirely copper, in others, almost entirely nickel, but both metals are on all parts of the edge). I can’t find any info on a coin error of this type. What am I looking at here? My mind jumps to "counterfeit," but I’d like a more experienced opinion.
1999… Continue reading

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - September 1, 2010 at 1:03 pm

Categories: Trivia   Tags: Copper, metals, pennsylvania state, philadelphia mint, reeding, state quarter

If the coin was really made of silver, what would the final temperature of the water be (in °C)?

A coin dealer, offered a rare silver coin, suspected that it might be a counterfeit nickel copy. The dealer heated the coin, which weighed 17.0 g to 100°C in boiling water and then dropped the hot coin into 25.5 g of water at T = 16.5°C in an insulated coffee-cup, and measured the rise in temperature. If the coin was really made of silver, what would the final temperature of… Continue reading

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 30, 2010 at 5:51 pm

Categories: Trivia   Tags: boiling water, coffee cup, coin dealer, Nickel, rare silver, Silver Coin

Please Critique My Story?

I asked a similar question about the same story yesterday, but I have since edited it.

My story:

Lets say that I live in a small apartment in my mind; what happens if I try to open a window and toxic gases invade my ignored and uncomfortable apartment? Do they send me into a perpetual, clear state of euphoria or make me pass out on the cold floor… Continue reading

3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 28, 2010 at 10:39 pm

Categories: Trivia   Tags: brain damage, bringing home, business men, cigarettes, cold floor, dream fields, emotions, euphoria, few coins, hooker, needles, old man, parking lot, small apartment, stench, teddy bear, thief, toxic gases

Government Matching questions? 10 points?

This is not graded, it is just an assignment. Don’t tell me to do my own homework. 10 points go out to those who help =)

SENTENCE BEGINNINGS

1. Just as government makes the rules providing for safety, it must
2. Early goldsmiths made ornaments of jewelry and
3. Money made by unauthorized persons is called
4. In addition to coins, the government prints paper bills
5. America… Continue reading

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 27, 2010 at 3:29 am

Categories: Trivia   Tags: bank of america, bill of sale, business firms, contract c, counterfeiters, goldsmiths, honesty, lending money, livestock, ornaments, paper bills, paper money, prison sentences, revolutionary war, robert morris, sentence beginnings, sentence endings, state of pennsylvania, sums of money, unauthorized persons

Teens, Do You Like My Story?

Lets say that I live in a small apartment in my mind; what happens if I try to open a window and toxic gases invade my ignored and uncomfortable apartment? Do they send me into a perpetual, clear state of euphoria or make me pass out on the cold floor, scattered with used needles and give me brain damage? What will happen if they play with my mind? Will they… Continue reading

5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 25, 2010 at 6:50 am

Categories: Trivia   Tags: brain damage, bringing home, business men, cigarettes, cold floor, dream fields, emotions, euphoria, few coins, gay parade, hooker, needles, old man, parking lot, small apartment, smith street, stench, teddy bear, thief, toxic gases

American Government?? 10 POINTS thanks?

SENTENCE BEGINNINGS
SENTENCE ENDINGS

1. Just as government makes the rules providing for safety, it must
A. serious losses of property may be avoided.

2. Early goldsmiths made ornaments of jewelry and
B. generally perform services under contract.

3. Money made by unauthorized persons is called
C. they can take them to a bank and get money for them.

4. In addition… Continue reading

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 21, 2010 at 8:15 am

Categories: Trivia   Tags: automobiles, bank of america, bill of sale, business firms, goldsmiths, honesty, lending money, livestock, morris 8, ornaments, paper bills, paper money, prison sentences, revolutionary war, robert morris, sentence beginnings, sentence endings, state of pennsylvania, sums of money, unauthorized persons

I have an ABNORMAL 1957 quarter. What is it, or how can I find out, and is it worth anything?

It sounds distinctly different than other quarters, and any other coins for that matter, because I knew it was different as I jingled some changed in my hand. I singled out this 1957 quarter and found that it is also the color silver all around the edge, rather than having that brown tone quarters normally have.
It may seem weird for me to say it "sounds different", but I… Continue reading

5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 19, 2010 at 3:27 am

Categories: Trivia   Tags: 1957 silver quarter real or counterfeit, Coins, color silver, colors, eagle side, first thought, handful, Quarters

Can someone answer these math questions?! Test of Genius worksheet.?

(1) Make this equation correct by changing the position of only one digit.

101-102=1

(2) Steven has 9 gold coins that are identical in appearance. However, one coin is counterfeit and weighs slightly less than the others. Using a balance scale, how can he find the counterfeit coin inn just two weighings?

(3) In the following addition problem, the letters A,B,and C stand for three different digits… Continue reading

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 16, 2010 at 10:41 pm

Categories: Trivia   Tags: 2s, 5s, abc, acb, addition problem, Appearance, balance scale, cba, counterfeit coin, digits, Gold Coins, playground, test of genius worksheet

Treasure Hunters Roadshow; Was i given the right advice?

I went to the Treasure Hunters Antique Roadshow in Winter Haven Florida. I took my Dad’s Rolex watch, some old coins and some Gold. I offered 1 for my Gold at a Pawn Broker the week before.
The man I was sent to see was an English guy, he took one look at the watch and said its a fake. I was outraged, it was my fathers pride and joy… Continue reading

4 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 13, 2010 at 3:32 am

Categories: Trivia   Tags: antique roadshow, closer look, dad, Gold, money, Old Coins, pawn broker, pride and joy, treasure hunters, watches, winter haven florida

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