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    Predictions for gold and silver prices?

    I heard a commodities analyst a few days ago on Bloomberg--he predicted that gold & copper would keep going up. When they asked him about silver,...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Apr 10, 2024 in forum: Bullion Investing
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    World silver crown-size type coin collectors?

    Thanks, Milesofwho! I should have given the diameter of the coin tho, which is approx. 1.3125 inches (roughly 33mm). I don't have a scale accurate...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Feb 21, 2022 in forum: World Coins
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    World silver crown-size type coin collectors?

    Can anyone help me ID this coin?[ATTACH] [ATTACH]Between my mediocre photos & the very worn condition, may be hard to tell. But based on another...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Feb 20, 2022 in forum: World Coins
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    PCGS sub has arrived - Guess the Grade (Part 3 of 5)

    That's one beautiful-as* mercury dime--And the toning looks very real. I do think the reverse looks nicer than the obverse--maybe just the strike?...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Aug 18, 2021 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    PCGS sub has arrived - Guess the Grade (Part 2 of 5)

    I have no clue whether this Morgan $ has "Artificial Toning", but it looks like a fairly unattractive coin to me--It's not some "beautiful"...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Aug 18, 2021 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Why are PMs from the US Mint so much more expensive than PMs from foreign countries?

    My question would be: if you took the 1 oz. Australian Gold Kangaroo, & the Gold Buffalo into a good LCS, would the dealer likely pay $125 more...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Apr 11, 2021 in forum: Bullion Investing
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    Gold dips under $1,800 for the first time in months

    Re: the comment "I should have gotten some at low 1000's" That was early 2016, right? I remember that, & thinking the same thing, but I didn't...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Mar 5, 2021 in forum: Bullion Investing
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    Proof coins!

    [ATTACH] I have a lot of proof coins: all the 90% silver proof sets from 1954 thru 1964, & multiples of some. A roll of proof 1964 Kennedy halves,...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Feb 25, 2021 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Why are the premiums on silver so high?

    Are you sure you want to do that? It sounds like a "lateral move" at best. Good for the dealer I'm sure, he'll make $$ both ways. BTW, ASE's are...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Feb 7, 2021 in forum: Bullion Investing
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    Swiss Shooting Medals

    Those are all some beautifully designed medals! I wish I had gotten into collecting those years or decades ago; I'm not sure I'd know where to...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Jan 13, 2021 in forum: World Coins
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    If you had to pick one US coin you own

    I'll pick one of mine--a 1916 McKinley gold $1; graded MS64+. I bought it back in the late '70's & a few years ago submitted it to PCGS.[ATTACH]...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Jan 11, 2021 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    If you had to pick one US coin you own

    I had one of those (a 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar) that I somehow managed to buy around 1973. And mysteriously disappeared in the mid '80's. Along...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Jan 11, 2021 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Group of 9 old German (shooting?) medals on a chain--what to do?

    First, thanks for all the favorable comments & suggestions. I'm leaning toward leaving them as is, maybe b/c that seems to be the consensus. And I...
    Post by: WoodyWW, Dec 2, 2020 in forum: World Coins
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    Group of 9 old German (shooting?) medals on a chain--what to do?

    More pics from my previous post....hope I'm not[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] overloading people with all the pics.
    Post by: WoodyWW, Dec 1, 2020 in forum: World Coins
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    Group of 9 old German (shooting?) medals on a chain--what to do?

    Here are pics of the group, & some individual pics. Most are from the 1920's. They all look really interesting to me, esp. the art-deco looking...
    Thread by: WoodyWW, Dec 1, 2020, 14 replies, in forum: World Coins