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I’d Rather Buy Rare Coins Than BitCoin

Rare coins can be a hobby and an investment, right?

Anthony Lawrence (Pcunix)
Tony’s Tech Corner
4 min readMar 28, 2022
Photo by author

The picture above is of a U.S. coin made in 1851. It had the purchasing power of $2.50 and was known as a “quarter eagle” because a ten dollar gold piece was called an eagle. It is 90% gold, 10% copper, and weighs 4.18 grams. With gold at around $2,000 today, it’s bullion value…

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Anthony Lawrence (Pcunix)
Tony’s Tech Corner

Retired Unix Consultant. I write tech and humor mostly but sometimes other things. see my Lists if your interests are specific.