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GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread Common date saints good alternatives to bullion.
Yes, I have noticed there has always been an AU58 tilt in this forum, given that many can look better than MS61 and MS62s. So it's been...
Apr 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM -
GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread Common date saints good alternatives to bullion.
As a GENERAL rule, the AU-58 advantage might be true. But I'm sure there are some 62's that can compete on eye appeal. It's probably a...
Apr 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM -
GoldFinger1969 liked ldhair's post in the thread Common date saints good alternatives to bullion.
I have always been a fan of AU-58 coins but not so much of MS-62. My mind has changed a bit over the past two years. I have sold several...
Apr 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM -
GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread Common date saints good alternatives to bullion.
Hey, you are picking on my magic number: MS62! I go for MS62 as a safe bet against the supposedly awful gradeflation among TPGs, but I...
Apr 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM -
GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread Common date saints good alternatives to bullion.
Isn't the problem with many "blast whites" the possibility/probability that they've been cleaned or dipped ?
Apr 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM -
GoldFinger1969 attached a file to the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).
Yes, that's what some of the commentaries on The Gold Clause Cases have noted. They really are among the most under-analyzed Supreme...
Apr 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM -
GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).
TL;DR: The Supreme Court screwed us in 1935. Apparently a post of mine was lost because I was not logged in, but I found this part...
Apr 5, 2026 at 1:30 AM -
GoldFinger1969 liked imrich's post in the thread Silver Is On A Tear Today.
I'm soon approaching 86 years of existence on this planet, but "flat-lined" on Christmas eve from Carbon Dioxide poisoning, and because...
Apr 5, 2026 at 1:28 AM -
GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread The Most Beautiful Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle ?.
This coin is an MS-67 CAC, but there are 2 MS-67+CACs now (well, at least 1, they're not sure of the 2nd) but whether they are truly...
Apr 4, 2026 at 11:31 AM -
GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread Common date saints good alternatives to bullion.
Maybe at the price of gold when you wrote that post... but as my experience at FUN 2026 showed, with the much higher price of gold...
Apr 4, 2026 at 2:42 AM -
GoldFinger1969 liked mpcusa's post in the thread Common date saints good alternatives to bullion.
Before 1971 it was illegal to own GOLD bullion when then president took us off the GOLD standard the exception was numismatic GOLD so...
Apr 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM -
GoldFinger1969 liked mpcusa's post in the thread Post your Saints.
I had to get an 08 NM Wells Fargo Nevada I have been hunting do a good example for a few years now and those prices keep going up ! I...
Apr 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM -
GoldFinger1969 attached a file to the thread Post your Saints.
My 1923 picked up at FUN 2026. MS-63 OGH CAC. I had some buyers remorse right after buying it....I think it was because I had not...
Apr 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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GoldFinger1969 liked johnmilton's post in the thread Post your Saints.
A lot of PCGS fans don’t realize it, but NGC is #1 outside of the U.S.
Apr 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM -
GoldFinger1969 liked Collecting Nut's post in the thread Silver Is On A Tear Today.
I just checked my sales and it’s only April 3rd and I’ve already sold 27 items. I’m surprised as that’s 9 per day once averaged. I know...
Apr 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
