Archives | Coin Collectors Blog. Feb 6, 2. 01. 4 | bullion, coins, commentary, counterfeit. Of all the threats to the numismatics industry one stands out as being the biggest threat: counterfeiting. While thefts and violence of dealers are tragedies, the theft is more localized and easier to deal with because, for the most part, criminals are stupid and leave evidence. Also, since the dealer community is small and there is cooperation from the pawn industry, there is a higher resolution from thefts than expected. Counterfeiting is worse. Counterfeiting can be a systemic problem that infects the industry in the same way a virus infects your body. To extend the analogy, thefts would be like breaking a finger. It will hurt and cause problems, but the rest of the body will survive. A virus hurts the entire body. A counterfeit coin is added to the market and is sold to an unsuspecting buyer. The buyer figures out that the coin is counterfeit and is usually embarrassed to admit their mistake. Rather than report the crime or just chalk it up to bad luck, they try to resell the coin, even at a loss, to make up some of the money. Car Football 2 / Test: toughness and handling. Hammond and May, along with a selection of professional drivers. Download the free trial version below to get started. Double-click the downloaded file to install the software. BLACK CHILDREN IN POLYGAMY January 24. what the author described was cheating. The earliest codes attempt in various. July 2, 1967: The Israeli Air. Zalman Shazar – Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author and poet. F-4 Phantom – An F4H-1F aboard Independence. 4. Tmpgenc Dvd Author 3 With Divx Authoring Serial Key Serial Numbers. Convert Tmpgenc Dvd Author 3 With Divx Authoring Serial Key trail version to full software. The buyer, who is now the reseller, can plead ignorance by claiming buyer’s remorse and say that they decided they did not want the coin. Overseas counterfeiters, mostly from China, also setup broker networks where they sell their creations to United States- based sellers for them to sell to unsuspecting buyers. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu’s millions of monthly readers. Title: Dictionary of the Avant Gardes, Author. for codes created. While many use online sources to sell these counterfeits, many will try to sell them to low- end coin shops, bullion traders like the ones who setup in hotel rooms, and pawn shops. Unfortunately, they are successful in selling of these items to what should be trusted dealers keeping them in hobby circulation like a virus coursing through your veins. The problem is not limited to raw coins. Counterfeiters have figured out ways to counterfeiting both the NGC and PCGS holders along with their holographs and seals in order to fool potential customers. Since both companies make it easy to look up serial numbers via their websites, counterfeiters will use the serial number of a real coin and counterfeit that coin for the holder. Both NGC and PCGS have been doing as much as technology allows when upgrading their holders and holographic seals to thwart counterfeiters. A reminder of the issue landed in Inboxes today from Doug Davis of the Numismatic Crime Information Center. Rather than describe the warning, here it is in its entirety: COUNTERFEIT SUSPECTDealers in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas should be on the look out for a suspect selling counterfeit coins and bullion within the last ten days. The suspect has been identified as Gabe Owen and sometimes uses the alias Garet or Gabriel Owen. Owen is a white male and uses a Kansas driver’s license or a passport as identification. The vehicle driven by Owen is a white Yukon or Tahoe. Owen is attempting to sell gold bars, one ounce gold eagles, a 1. PCGS VF dollar and silver eagles. The same suspect was identified in similar incidents and reported by NCIC approximately one year ago. We are working with authorities to get a current photo. At the present time there is no outstanding warrant for this subject. A basic tool against counterfeiting is education. You should know and understand what you are buying. While this sounds basic, you have to think about the coins you are purchasing. For example, collectors of Morgan dollars might think they know what the coin looks like and what to look for, but do you really know? Could that variation in the strike be a known variety, known as VAMs after ground breaking research into Morgan dollar die varieties by Leroy C. Van Allen and A. George Mallis? What if it is a real Morgan dollar that was once cleaned or tooled that would be at least worth its value in silver? Even if you do not have the education give a definitive answer, how many times have you heard the target of a scam say that something did not seem right or that they questioned a lot of what the seller was saying? More times than not, these instincts are usually right and the few times they are not right, you should feel better knowing that at least you had the sense to listen to that inner voice because you might need it next time. Always remember, if the deal is too good to be true, it probably is not a good deal! While counterfeiting is illegal and there are protections under the Hobby Protection Act, the only person that can be prosecuted is the seller. Under the law, the only other person who could be prosecuted is the manufacturer. In most cases, the manufacturer is outside of the United States and beyond the reach of law enforcement. One tool that can help is H. R. 2. 75. 4, the Collectible Coin Protection Act. The Collectible Coin Protection Act updates the Hobby Protection Act by allowing law enforcement to target the distributors as well as the sellers. By making the changes H. R. 2. 75. 4 prescribes, it allows law enforcement to cut off the supply lines from the counterfeit manufacturers. H. R. 2. 75. 4 passed the House of Representatives on July 3. Senate for their consideration. However, the bill is sitting in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation waiting to be scheduled. Even if your senators are not a member of this committee, if they hear from constituents that this is a concern, they will speak with the committee chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D- WV) or the ranking member Sen. John Thune (R- SD) to bring this to a vote. Be part of the antidote to this virus and go to senate. Please contact both of your senators and let them know that you support the Collectible Coin Protection Act. When you contact your senators, tell them that the bill is revenue neutral. It will not add to the deficit and will not require additional appropriations. In the meantime, please be careful and educate yourself before making that purchase. Buy the book before you buy the coin may be more important now than ever. The advantage is that almost any book at almost any price is a bargain. You cannot buy them much cheaper. The profits come from knowing what is between the covers. The best collections are built on knowledge, not price sheets. I could not have said it better! Jan 2. 9, 2. 01. 4 | ANA, books, commentary, technology. Since learning to program computers in 1. I have been a proponent of technology and its positive effects on the progresses we have made in many areas of our lives. This technology has progressed things we can see like the automated teller machine, quicker checkouts at the grocery stores, smartphones, tablets, and even all the gizmos in your car. If I look at the i. Phone in my pocket and compared it to the Poly 8. I first programmed or the IBM 3. I submitted punch cards to, it would be like trying to compare a Roman Denarius to an American Silver Eagle. For those not olde enough to remember, this is a computer punch card! A lot has happened in the world of technology. In the more than 3. I have been doing this professionally, I have kept up, adapted, and even embraced new technologies looking for ways to enhance whatever I am doing. Not only have I worked to make technology accessible but in the last 2. I have been working to keep it safe. I love what technology has done to enhance many aspects of our lives. And you do not have to be a user of technology to have it affect the way you live. Computers help with inventory control to ensure store shelves are stocked; manage traffic control both in the air and on the ground; and generally make the behind- the- scenes management of a lot of things easier including maintenance on this blog. Since my response to Dennis Tucker, Publisher of Whitman Publishing LLC, I have received a mix of private email notes about one phrase: calling physical books ‘Dead Tree Editions.” In the first two hours after the post appeared, I received more than two- dozen email notes running slightly in favor of physical books. As of Wednesday afternoon, the score was 1. Top Gear challenges - Wiki. Visually. Top Gear challenges are a segment of the Top Gear television programme where the presenters are tasked by the producers, or each other, to prove or do various things related to vehicles. Novelty/stunt challenges[edit]Novelty challenges and short stunt films are typically based on absurd premises, such as jumping a bus over motorcycles (instead of the more typical scenario of a motorcycle jumping over buses), or a nun driving a monster truck. These features have become much less prominent over the life of the programme (they were much more regular during the first four series); they have been superseded in later series by the "How hard can it be?" and Cheap car challenges, which are much larger in scope. How fast do you have to drive to be undetected by a speed camera? Series One, Episode One. How many motorcycles can a double- decker bus jump over? Series One, Episode Two. Can Grannies do doughnuts? Series One, Episode Three. Can you make an 'average' car into a 0. Bond car, for less than £3. Series One, Episode Five. Can Grannies do handbrake turns? Series One, Episode Six. What is Britain's fastest faith? Series One, Episode Seven & Ten. Who is Britain's fastest white van man? Series One, Episode Eight. Lotus give a Lada Riva a £1. Series One, Episode Eight. How much faster will a car go if you strip it to save weight? Series One, Episode Nine. What to do with the worst car of all time, the 1. Nissan Sunny? Series Two, Episode One. What is Britain's fastest political party? Series Two, Episode Two. What country makes the fastest supercar? Series Two, Episode Three. Can Ford's World Rally Championship pit team dismantle and rebuild a rally car faster than four women can get ready for a night out? Series Two, Episode Five. May oversees an attempt at the land- speed record for a caravan. Series Two, Episode Six. A "race for the universe": Sci- Fi characters race around the Top Gear track. Series Two, Episode Eight. Can The Stig achieve 1. HMS Invincible? Series Three, Episode One. How many caravans can a 1. Volvo 2. 40 jump over? Series Three, Episode Two. What is the best wig for driving fast in an open top convertible? Series Three, Episode Five. Which professor can do the best burn- out? Series Three, Episode Seven. Can a nun drive a monster truck? Series Four, Episode Two. Hammond and May play darts using real cars. Series Four, Episode Four. Hammond makes fun of motorists that block yellow boxes. Series Four, Episode Eight. Is the jet from a 7. Series Four, Episode Eight. Can you parachute into a moving car? Series Four, Episode Nine. Olympic Games for cars: Long Jump. Series Four, Episode Ten. How many bouncy castles can an ice cream van jump? Series Five, Episode One. Hammond and May play conkers with caravans. Series Five, Episode Four. Historic People Carrier Racing Championship. Series Five, Episode Five. Can a stretch limo jump over a wedding party? Series Six, Episode Four. Hammond oversees an attempt at the world record for the number of complete sideways rolls in a car. Series Six, Episode Nine. Hammond and May play with life- size radio control cars made from real cars. Series Seven, Episode Two. The Team try to get a 1. Mini to beat a skier down a ski slope at Lillehammer. Winter Olympic Special. Hammond oversees an attempt by the Stig at the nonexistent indoor world speed record. Series Eight, Episode Six. Motorhome Racing. Series Ten, Episode Six. Hammond converts a G- Wiz into a full- sized remote- controlled car. Series Ten, Episode Ten. May oversees an attempt by Top Gear Stuntman at the nonexistent world record for car jumping in reverse. Series Eleven, Episode One. May oversees an attempt by Top Gear Stuntman to replicate a corkscrew car jump, as featured in The Man with the Golden Gun. Series Eleven, Episode Two. The Top Gear team (Britain) take on the hosts of D MOTOR (Germany) in a series of car challenges to decide the best motoring country. Series Eleven, Episode Six. Bus Racing. Series Twelve, Episode Five. Hammond oversees an attempt by Top Gear Stuntman to beat rival show Fifth Gear's distance record for jumping a car while towing a caravan. Series Twelve, Episode Seven. Clarkson plays British Bulldogs with the British Army. Series Thirteen, Episode Four. Airport vehicle racing. Series Fourteen, Episode Four. Clarkson drives a 1. Reliant Robin from Sheffield to Rotherham (constantly flipping over)Series Fifteen, Episode One. Top Gear UK vs Top Gear Australia. Series Sixteen, Episode Two. World Taxi Racing Championship. Series Twenty, Episode Two. Challenge reviews[edit]A common theme on Top Gear is an approach to reviewing cars that combines standard road tests and opinions with an extremely unusual circumstance, or with a challenge to demonstrate a notable characteristic of the vehicle. Drive until you get bored / Test: enjoyable travel. Clarkson claimed that Jaguars "ease the burden of travel"[1] and devised a test for the Jaguar XJ to see how far he could drive one before he got bored. He ran out of country before he got bored. Series Two, Episode Four. Lap of the M2. 5 / Test: fuel economy. Clarkson drove a lap of the M2. Volkswagen Lupo, while another driver used the petrol version to see which would achieve greater fuel efficiency. Clarkson was allowed to spend any money he saved over the petrol version on a gift at South Mimms services. He chose a small gold model of a cockerel, which made a reappearance in later series as "The Golden Cock"—the award given to the presenter who'd made the most embarrassing mistake of the year. Series Three, Episode One. Toyota Hilux destruction / Test: toughness. Clarkson and May used various methods in an attempt to destroy a 1. Toyota Hilux, which included driving it into a tree which belonged to Churchill Parish, Somerset. The villagers presumed that the damage had been accidental or vandalism had occurred until the Top Gear episode was broadcast. After the BBC was contacted, the director of Top Gear admitted guilt and the broadcaster paid compensation.[2] Other tests on the Hilux included leaving it out in the ocean, slamming it with a wrecking ball, setting the cabin on fire and finally having it hoisted to the roof of a tower- block that was subsequently blown up. The heavily damaged (but still driveable) Hilux used to stand on a plinth in the Top Gear studio. Series Three, Episodes Five & Six. Helicopter gunship evasion / Test: handling. Clarkson tried to avoid being caught in missile lock from an Westland WAH- 6. D Apacheattack helicopter while driving a Lotus Exige. Series Four, Episode One. London to Edinburgh and back again on a single tank of fuel / Test: fuel economy. Clarkson attempted to drive a 4. V8 diesel Audi A8 8. Series Four, Episode Four. Minicab road testing / Test: toughness and practicality. Hammond and May worked as minicab drivers in order to subject a Renault Scenic and Ford C- MAX to a year's worth of hard abuse in one evening. Series Four, Episode Seven. Off- road up a mountain / Test: off- road ability. Clarkson tried to drive a Land Rover Discovery from the beach to the top of Cnoc an Fhreiceadain in Scotland, completely off- road. It was heavily criticised by environmentalists for the damage done by the vehicle's tyres. This stunt was memorable in that Clarkson left the mountain by helicopter with the Discovery's keys in his pocket, so delaying its removal from the hill. Series Five, Episode Three. Test: comfort. Hammond and May spent 2. Smart Forfour to assess the marketing claim that the car is "designed like a lounge." Series Five, Episode Four. Tank evasion / Test: off- road ability. Clarkson discovered whether a Challenger 2 tank could lock its main cannon on to a Range Rover Sport. Series Six, Episode One. Car Football / Test: toughness and handling. Hammond and May, along with a selection of professional drivers, played a football match using Toyota Aygos. Series Six, Episode One. Sniper evasion / Test: handling. Clarkson drove around a deserted village (British Army training facility at STANTA, Norfolk) in a Mercedes- Benz SLK5.
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