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July 11

Francisco Mochi statue

I JUST PURCHASED A BRONZE STATUE, FRANCISCO MOCHI, ON O MARBLE BASE,OF GABRIEL.APROX.2 FEET TALL.38 LBS. IN PERFECT CONDITION.ANY IDEA OF THE VALUE? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.57.58.32 (talk) 00:58, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have an article on the sculptor Francesco Mochi, though the Spanish-language Wikipedia seems to: [1]. As to the value of your statue, I doubt if anyone here is likely to be able to say - obviously this would depend on whether it was original, or a reproduction (which seems much more likely). If it is bronze, and weighs 38 lbs, it is worth a bit as scrap metal, but otherwise, I'd seek expert advice elsewhere. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:31, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Correction: we do have an article on Francesco Mochi - note the spelling. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:37, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Philosopher's stone

What was the supposed physical appearance of the "philosopher's stone"? --134.10.114.238 (talk) 02:01, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Variable. See Philosopher's stone#Appearance. Looie496 (talk) 02:41, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tesco market cap

I'm wondering what is a market capitalization of Tesco. Article claim that stock symbol is TSCO. But there is also TSCDY that shows much bigger market cap. And the second one is also for Tesco PLC, just with addition of "(ADR)". Same description on Google Finance. If those companies have their shares traded interdependently - they are actually different ones? Or what is Tesco PLC (ADR) and how it is different from company described in the article? 70.52.184.189 (talk) 07:12, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tesco plc is a UK company, so its shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange and denominated in GBP - these are the TSCO shares. However, to make its shares attractive to US investors, Tesco also issues American Depositary Shares - these shares are denominated in USD and pay dividends in USD too. The ADS shares are not held directly by investors, but are held on deposit by a custodian bank, which then issues American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) to investors. These ADRs are the TSCDY listing. Note that the market capitalisation on the TSCO is in GBP whereas the market cap on the TSCDY page is in USD. Gandalf61 (talk) 10:37, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect, thank you for answer! 70.52.184.189 (talk) 17:10, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Orange Amp

What happened to orange amp energy drink? I can't find it anywhere...did they stop making it? CTJF83 11:40, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the AMP website, it looks like they stopped making orange-flavored soda (also known as AMP Relaunch) and started making orange juice. According to this review, it's basically 99.9% juice, spiked with the usual AMP stuff like caffeine and taurine. --M@rēino 19:01, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Ahh, ok, thanks! CTJF83 19:24, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

information on a credit banque key chain.

hi, i'm wondering if you can assist me on finding any kind of history of this collectors item and if there is any value to the decades old, credit banque 100g, good as gold, all brass keychain made in france and given out to v.i.p.s at the four queens casino. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.103.194.166 (talk) 21:13, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]