with all the talk about europe, cyprus, euro, etc.. why is gold down 8-10 bucks?
that really seems odd to me. almost like the market has decided cyprus does not matter.

Received my CASASCIUS BTC1 coins today!

Vielen Dank molecular

+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1

Good case, are they sold online?

Showing off the bling

This thread went over the 800 pages resistance, so I'm bullish about the post count, we will get to 1000 pages at least.

My ideology is that banks do not need protection of any kind, it just leads to more and more moral hazard and keeps people in lull etc. BUT if something is needed, this is the reasonable maximum I would expect as a depositor and demand as a taxpayer.

Its so strange seeing Lucif converted into a bull.

If you would put the spreadsheet on Google docs I might look at it more.

I notice that one measurement for each coin is in disagreement with the later measurements on the coin.

I would add some other calculations.  From the average density of the coin, calculate the weight of water that you expect for the measured weight of the coin, also, calculate the expected weight of the coin given the measured weight of water.

When you want to capitalize on this, you should act very fast, not moving euros around. You could for instance send 420 BTC to Bitcoin24 and sell for 63+, gaining EUR 26460. Then simultaneously buy 420 BTC for 61 EUR at MtGox with fiat you have in your account there. You just made 840 euros. A couple of these trades each week and you could give up your job.

Coin received yesterday in post, going into my coin collection in an Airtite.  Cheers 

For short-term arbitrage, you just need to keep funding the accounts with BTC and $ then flip. You don't have to move the $ around at short notice.

Have you guys noticed the EUR price at Bitcoin24? It's at 64 right now compared to 60 at MtGox and has been to 69.6 which translates to $89. One could easily make a handsome profit by doing some arbitrage.

So My comments keep getting removed  as  they are  "off Topic " lol  thats some kind of shat  lol             can no body else see  what i see   they charge ~3-4* as much for  batch 3    and  they are sold out  within 30 min     i can safely say that  THE GREEDY GET GREEDIER.   lame ass asses  jus gotta have it all     well  lets see when only certain few hold a majority or power  id have to say that bitcoin is moving toward centrialization  faster then we can stop it  shouldnt  they want to spread the power out more evenly so that not only certain few have ahold of the market   seems to me that  only SPECIAL PEOPLE CAN HAVE THESE THINGS

Watch for air bubbles when suspending the object into water. Gently tap the thread to get rid of them.

Clean the object, handle with gloves (non-powdered).

Use distilled water, and read the density from the table for the particular temperature.

Repeat several times. What is the variation between measurements? Is it random, or is there a consistent up or down trend?

Make sure the balance is level.

I'm curious to know how a Casascius silver coin would stack up, but the sticker and private key paper would probably throw things off by quite a bit.

This is very interesting and I am impressed by your research. But I am sure that such prestigious mints have a very high standard of quality control; I find it hard to believe those margins of error are accurate.

When using data.mtgox.com you can fetch the order book more often.

We are working on creating an opensource daemon that will use our existing API to allow you to query locally a realtime copy of any orderbook/trades.

Ok, I'll explain the "frame" a bit more. You can make it out of a coathanger, but ideally something a bit flimsier is lighter and so better. It does not have to  be totally rigid, if it moves out of shape, it doesnt matter. I use copper wire because its easy to bend and holds its shape.

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     Scales                                                         :::::::::         |
     Table edge     ===========================       |
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     Bent Wire Frame                                                 .-----------.
                                                                            .
     Cotton Thread                                                    .
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     Beaker of water                                        |                 |
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                                                                    .__________.

                                                                       
The frame can be C shaped, it doesnt have to be rectangular, the important point is that the object is directly under the place where it rests on the scales so that it balences.  In fact it will pretty much hang that way anyway.

So why not just add in how long the loan has been outstanding over the last 30 days into the equation.  Then the only way a stupid rate will effect the price is if someone not only takes one out but keeps it for a few days.  The interest cost to them wouldn't be worth it.

if ppl take loans at insane rates this loans push up the VIR that's not a bug