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Any idea as to what these are or who may have dropped them?

So, pretend like a Goldback isn't incredible and not the best currency man has ever created.

I've just finished this piece I've been working on for about a month between my school jewelry shop and my own home workshop. It's been a little rough in parts, especially with gem placement being too close and difficult polishing, but it seems to have pulled through. I would love to hear any of your guy's opinions or thoughts on it. My high-school probably has the best jewelry shop in my state of Utah, and I'm so grateful for it. Definitely, if there are any tips on polishing for near prongs, on prongs, or anything prong related, I would GREATLY appreciate it!

I'm hoping to pursue jewelry in the future, and the jewelry school in Paris, Texas seems like the best pick for me. GIA costs way too much in California. But if anyone has any recommendations on schools to go to, I would love to hear it too. Apprenticeships have been on my mind, and I've asked a couple local jewelers, but I haven't heard anything from them...

I’m just getting into silver and recently bought this and some other things. When I asked ai it said it’s %100 fake. Please help

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🚨 FIRST 5OZ BAR!!!! 🚨

I traded:

2 (1)oz bars
2 rounds (one Troy, one 30G)
Paid $63 difference

Super happy with my local coin dealer!!

Aside from the visual appeal of a nice button/bar of gold, is there any disadvantage to leaving it in this form if its not going to be jewelry or a manufactured bar with premium value?

I'd be particularly interested in hearing from some of the home refiners here. Have any of you ever hit dried gold precipitate with an XRF to see how reliably it reads? I'm curious how accurately it could determine purity compared to testing the same material after melting it into a homogeneous button.

Overall, I've been thinking about the practicality of storing some freshly refined gold precipitate in powder form rather than melting it into bars or buttons. Its the same exact material, after all. Just pre-baked batter form.

Assuming it's been properly refined, washed, dried, and ideally verified for purity, is there a downside to NOT melting it into a solid form if you don't intend to sell it anytime soon?

The major appeal for me is that it's incredibly inconspicuous. A container of brown powder doesn't exactly scream gold. Something as ordinary as a cinnamon or cumin shaker could hold a substantial amount of value without attracting any attention. Could even go as far as literally using a McCormack shaker and resealing it with a humidity pack inside. Even something like a cremation urn comes to mind for incognito air travel. (Not that I would ever condone disregarding federal aviation regulations🤐)

Then there's divisibility. You could theoretically separate it into virtually any quantity you wanted, with precision limited only by your scale. No cutting bars, just scoop or pour what you want, melt it, and sell it the same as you would any other gold scrap. It's not like you're permanently committing yourself to keeping it as powder.

Obviously, there are disadvantages. Contamination, moisture, accidental loss, and the difficulty of verifying or selling powdered gold all come to mind. Carpet would be enemy number 1. And I imagine most buyers would be understandably skeptical of someone showing up with a jar of suspicious brown powder claiming it's worth $100k.

But from a purely practical/OPSEC standpoint, especially for someone with the equipment to refine, test, and melt their own metals, I think that there's a legitimate argument for keeping at least some gold in this form.

My only real concern is dropping it. I can't imagine anything more depressing than spending the afternoon trying to recover your life savings from the carpet with a vacuum cleaner lol.

Liberian coin that I guess is supposed to be President Clinton lol. But it's 20 grams of .999 silver that I got for way under melt!

I thought these were super cool! Someone turned in a roll of quarters and these were inside. I think they might be from the Danbury mint, but I can’t find these exact ones. I know they don’t have much (if any) value past a quarter, but I thought they were neat so I decided to add them to my own little growing collection.

this is from about 5 weeks of saving wire from my job (1 roll comes in every moter and rarely gets used) its MOSTLY low gauge wire. should I take the time to strip it or should I just scrap it as insulated wire

Stainless piece going to LA…love the blue glass, not happy with the base size…Second, Steel pillars rusted and red glass outside the Hilton in Tempe…janitor comes up and his comment is, they should have gone with the flag pole, that’s hideous, not realizing I made it haha… Recently learned hotels have a budget for either art or a flag pole, who knew…Can’t please everyone, doesn’t bother me one bit because he ain’t signing the check and also he has to look at it everyday while cleaning trash and fixing plugged toilets for minimum wage..Next, front entry piece that goes on a pillar clad in river rock for a gated house in Goldfield ranch…yes I made the copper roof like way to dominant in dimension and proportion, looked better in CAD haha….Lastly, copper wave water feature with patina, I always love that hue of green when the chemical sets off the oxidation reaction, of course in a year it will be calcified from our awesome water in Arizona and the cheap Chinese plastic pump will go out blah blah… I wish they would make them out of cast bronze like they used too before outsourcing out of America, smart…Now that I have an electrical degree maybe I can start adding light to some of these pieces who knows

It's not a 16D, but she's gorgeous! CU called and said the dime bag filled up, so I grabbed it and found these folder dump mercs. Almost one of each of a variety of mercs from 1916, 17, 18, 19, 20, and then a few from the 30s to the 40s. As far as I can tell, no key dates.

After this glorious bag of mercs I went back and grabbed the quarters, more silver!

Shoutout to HERO BULLION i bought their “starter pack” 5X1 oz @spot and they came in flips with a nice little bag free shipping

My mom passed away a few weeks ago and I found these beautiful Middle-Eastern coins amongst her things. Just wrapped in Kleenex in a small jewelry box. I believe them to be Iranian from the Shah-era from what I’ve investigated. They‘re pristine from their napkin storage. Thought some would appreciate here.

Found my first ever proof coin roll hunting today.

A few years too early for silver unfortunately.