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 Thats awfully impressive when silver bars worth 22k look cheap by comparison. |
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They talk about Eagles but mint out Buffalos on camera.
I dislike how people not in the know hold coins by their face instead of by the edges.
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Wow, 999%! That's almost 10 times the silver per silver!
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i want to know how many people use the "oops box" they mentioned in the video
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I own PM's that are 99.9% and 99.99% pure, but I've never even seen anything that's 999.9% pure. I should take the public tour of the WP mint. I'd like to see one of those.
Or... On the other hand, maybe I should apply for a job as a proofreader at CoinNews.net.
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I dislike how people not in the know hold coins by their face instead of by the edges. "Fingerprints"  |
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I own PM's that are 99.9% and 99.99% pure, but I've never even seen anything that's 999.9% pure. I should take the public tour of the WP mint. I'd like to see one of those.
Or... On the other hand, maybe I should apply for a job as a proofreader at CoinNews.net.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millesimal_fineness |
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Pillar of the Community
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I know what three 9's, four 9's and five 9's mean. None of those things are in question. The article (before correction) said "999.9%" and that's not the same as three, four or five 9's.
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The error, in case it's not clear for the non-maths-geeks, is (or was) in using the percent symbol "%" for a number denoting parts per thousand, rather than parts per hundred. "999%" is logically impossible. The correct symbol to use in a parts per thousand situation is the per mil symbol "‰", but since that's not a symbol on most people's keyboards and may or may not be rendered properly on various operating systems, it's usually simply omitted. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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The article (before correction) said "999.9%" and that's not the same as three, four or five 9's.
I noticed that too ! Thanks for the clarification Sap |
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