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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 Coinvac.com and Gnecchi There is a free and paid version. Gnecchi is on the paid version which is $15 a month. The free version has 200k records and the paid one 715k. To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: REPUBLISHED : GNECCHI'S I MEDAGLIONE ROMANI (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n40a06.html) More on Gold vs Tungsten
See
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten
for older references to this same scam.
www.runtogold.com/2010/03/fake-tungsten-gold-found/
claims an Ultrasound test can detect the fake bars.
It can probably see the Interface between the metals.
At room temperature
Gold has a density of 19.30 grams per cubic centimeter and Tungsten has a density of 19.25 grams.
Joe Boling adds: The conspiracy theorists have the Fort Knox gold bars filled with tungsten, too. To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: TUNGSTEN-FILLED GOLD BARS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n40a20.html) Coin Rolls With Pipes Inside Seeing the article on rolls by Harvey Stack in the Sept 23 issue of E-Sylum brings back a memory from about 1950 or so. I was in San Jose, CA visiting my sister and went to a Bank of America branch where a friend of mine worked as a teller. Somehow or other the conversation turned to nickels. The tellers were very careful to check rolls of nickels. It seems there were a number of them where a nickel or two existed on each end of the roll, and a piece of appropriate length and diameter of pipe was in the middle! It didn't take too long for bank tellers to catch on to this scheme. Haven't heard of this recently. But who knows? Of course, this is not recommended. To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: COIN ROLLS IN "ORIGINAL BANK WRAPS" (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n40a21.html) Mint Director Nomination A Surprise
Here's a note from me. Last week I raised a quizzical eyebrow over the timing of the President's nomination of a new director of the U.S. Mint. Numismatic News editor Dave Harper was just as baffled. Here's a clip from his article on the topic.
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To say I was surprised by the news is an understatement. It is not usual for an office whose holder serves at the pleasure of the President to be filled just before an election – or should I write attempted to be filled. After sitting vacant for nearly two years, the argument cannot be made that the Mint’s operation depends on someone getting this particular title. There is no guarantee that the Senate will confirm the nomination before it recesses for the election campaign. Perhaps that’s the point. Is this a recess appointment in the making? If it turns out that way, it could limit Boerio’s length of service to just weeks or months.
To read the complete article, see:
Mint nomination came as surprise
(www.numismaticnews.net/article/mint-nomination-came-as-surprise)
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