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03/24/2026

Which of these is the most valuable today?

1) $20 US gold Saint graded ms-64
2) 1 oz. Perth mint gold in assay
3) 1 oz. US gold eagle

Answer in the comment section.

Just a reminder, this kind of behavior will get you blocked and reported.
03/01/2026

Just a reminder, this kind of behavior will get you blocked and reported.

What’s really happening ??
01/31/2026

What’s really happening ??

Gold and Silver are Crashing Hard. One of the biggest weekly crashes in years. But here's what doesn't make sense — while the price was crashing, mints aroun...

Told you so
01/23/2026

Told you so

Silver at $99.5x — denial is now a rounding error.
01/23/2026

Silver at $99.5x — denial is now a rounding error.

12/08/2025

The Truth About “Unsearched” Wheat Bags

Over the years, the meaning of unsearched wheat bags has changed… mostly because none of them are actually unsearched.

There is no such thing as an unsearched wheat bag.

Only bags that have been searched less than others.

Here’s how it usually goes:

1️⃣ Wheats get tossed into a big bucket—but not before someone pulls the obvious goodies: bright reds, BU coins, keys, semi-keys, and anything that looks like money.

2️⃣ Next comes the mint-mark filter.
A lot of sellers quietly skim out the S-mints and early D-mints because they sell better on their own.

3️⃣ Then the date filter.
Anything pre-1940 gets removed and placed into “premium” piles, leaving the 40s/50s behind as the “bulk.”

4️⃣ Now the magic words: “Unsearched by me.”
Technically true… but the person before them already went through it.

5️⃣ And of course, the sprinkle trick.
Add a couple of teens and twenties into the photo, and suddenly the whole bag is “unsearched” again.

By the time a wheat bag hits eBay or a show table, it’s been curated, sorted, combined, re-combined, and labeled half a dozen different ways. The only mostly unsearched material left comes from old jars and estates—and even those might’ve been picked through by a kid in 1978.

So when you see “unsearched wheat cents,” remember:

🔍 It’s not about being unsearched…

it’s about how many times it’s already been searched.

We don’t give a damn, we don’t give a fuc* !!
10/11/2025

We don’t give a damn, we don’t give a fuc* !!

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09/04/2025

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