Sam-I-am,

Great info and very interesting stuff to know! Thank you for sharing!

Interesting stuff, Sam.

Returning to the issue of toning earlier, it should be noted that toning/tarnish on silver is not oxidation, as it is on most metals. Rather it is silver sulfide that forms from hydrogen sulfide vapors in the air. No question that dehumidifiers and air purifiers work, and help keep the problem minimized. If you live in a major metro area, you may have more trouble, because of the sulfide vapor from air pollution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarnish

Lately, I’ve been investing heavily in brass and lead, myself…

Yikes, sharks! Many thanks for the tips.

Good to hear AK,
Except for eBay, I’m in the same boat. My 1099-K was $52k ouch, and never again! Much of that was for ‘trading-up’. I’m going to be selling many items elsewhere moving forward. They used to not force you into earnings reporting…
The other poster on here being a bully? Not sure. An angry person? Not sure.
They were the only person in this entire thread to proudly post name calling, and political digs.
But, he is the smartest person in the room about everything. So there you go….

Here is another 2015 ‘top coin’ example from a different roll.
The toning shape formed around the foam buffer between the underside of the lid and the top of the coin…

I guess the one positive that came out of this ASE venture was that I was able to double my money on it. I try to buy on the ‘dips’ whenever I can…
PS: Mint rolls were often cherry-picked back then, and when shipped to customers they usually had a ‘buffer’ between the underside of the lid and the top coin(foam/bubble wrap)to prevent rattling. This roll had that buffer, otherwise the entire top of the coin would’ve been toned?…

Shark you’re onto something(as usual)!
The photo below shows exactly how I had stored the roll.
I had it, along with other rolls wrapped in their own receipts sitting in a larger cardboard box. So there you have it…

Hey Rick. Doing very well and thank you for asking. I’ve been quite for a bit cause I couldn’t post. Something happened and I couldn’t post, it kept saying URL was invalid. I even contacted Coin News twice but got no response. Finally, another poster here that I chat with off the record, was able to figure out what the trouble was so now I can post again.

YES, GOLD…….GOLD……GOLD……I LOVE GOLD!!

There hasn’t been much for me to post about lately anyways. I wish fellow posters here were respectful and not bully other posters here. If you’re not into gold then don’t say anything just like I’m not into clad or silver so I don’t post much about them. I don’t say rude things to the clad or silver collectors. Why should I? That would be wrong. If not for the gold products, I wonder what the prices would be for clad products as the golds holding up many other products the Mint produces because of the profit from gold and silver coins.

Mr Cag, I hope you continue sharing your knowledge and experience with us here. I’m not into stocks and bonds or paper gold and silver but I still enjoy learning about them. You have been correct too many times in regards to the Mints future, gold pricing, etc. Please pay no attention to rude, crude bullying. This is no place for any of that! I’m surprised a certain person on here hasn’t been reprimanded or banned! He should have been! If he keeps it up, he’ll be banned.

Got my tax’s done yesterday and I had to claim the $40K in coins I sold. After all was said and done, Ebay made about $2K more than I did, lol! I made in profit $4500 and EBay made $6K+, :o(. I spent nearly $900 in shipping labels, about 100 transactions last year. At least my wonderful wife won’t have to ever deal with those coins. That’s the only reason I started selling my silver. I sold $19,989.00 in 2022. I didn’t want to go over the $20K amount as if you hit that or more Ebay sends a 1099-K. So I’ve sold $60K so far and I’m going to be selling more this year. Mainly so my wife won’t have to deal with it when I croak and I like turning the silver into gold!!! I have Gold Fever, lol! I wish I had woke up sooner in regards to switching from silver to gold. I’ve learned a lit and still have a lot to learn.

Can we just be respectful to others on here. No more bullying…….PLEASE!!

Well, as always, Good Luck ALL!!