Vince,

I went back to the AT&T Store and the gal there told me to try taking my coin pictures in “Portrait” mode. Seems a little better.

Peace out.

Thanks @Ez1. I wonder what the difference between to two scanners was. I wanter about the iPhones.

I picked one up on 9/1 myself

Rich,

Thanks

On a previous thread, HarryB said Bessent had a plan. Maybe it wasn’t the plan he wanted, but he certainly made it clear to the world where he and the administration are headed.

And the cracks in the global debt markets are becoming harder to ignore.

The yen hit 160 yesterday despite intervention. The U.S. 30-year Treasury pushed to 5.30% despite aggressive jawboning. Japan’s 10-year yield hit its highest level in 30 years.

That’s not what a market that is stabilizing looks like.
Gold is responding accordingly—to geopolitical risk, higher oil prices, persistent inflation and now the growing possibility that the Fed could actually raise rates.

Polymarket currently puts the odds of a 25-basis-point Fed hike in two weeks at 57%, a substantial increase from before Jackson Hole.

The interventions may be getting bigger, but so are the cracks.

At some point, the market decides whether the authorities are actually in control—or simply trying to keep the system together.

My old HP flatbed scanner worked really well for coins and my new HP Scanner doesn’t. Go figure. My old iPhone S took the best coin pictures and my new iPhone 17 Air takes lousy coin pictures.

BTW, Great pics and coins Vince!

Cheers

The 2026-S Silver Liberty Dime got my attention. However, the 2025-S may be the key Silver Roosevelt with its relatively low mintage.

REB,

Those Inverted C3’s have gotten so expensive. I think JQC owns one. It seems like the error stamp market (EFOs) is the place to be these days. Here is one I picked up last week.

Cheers

Ooops, sorry I meant @Rich. I think I need new glasses. It is getting harder to read some of those ats numbers escpecially the 8 vs. 0 with the slash.

Thanks @JQC. Hope you get yours soon.

President Trump posted Jim Rickard’s “The Midterm Meltdown” presentation on Truth Social on July 26, 2026 and again on August 24, 2026, containing Jim Rickard’s $10,000 Gold call and Midterm warning.

… Cracks in the credit markets