There's a lot to consider when comparing prices of houses, cars, etc. First of all, houses in 2022 are not like the houses in 1980. They have...
All of this proves that third party grading/pricing has solved the "grading problem" once and for all, just like we were promised back in 1986....
A market-oriented grading system was popularized by the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). It was founded by seven coin dealers in early...
But wait. Wasn't TPG grading supposed to give us a sight-unseen market? Do you really mean you can't grade a coin without looking at it??? I am...
The grade is just an excuse for the price, so more grades = more price points = more money for the dealer. There is no other reason for 11...
I didn't weigh in on the coin, but I don't see any way it could be a 66. I doubt even 65, though the TPGs seem to grade a lot of coins any way...
Great shots. I prefer the non-proof surfaces. I think the coins look better that way. And while I'm ranting, I REALLY don't like the "reverse...
Speaking up for collectors of early copper, here. Nearly ALL of us brush our coins from time to time with Blue Ribbon/Care/Coin Care or the like....
Somebody with too much time on his hands.
I agree that the Fugio is a US cent - the first one. However, the Continental "dollar" is a medal of European manufacture dating to about the...
Was at the show Thursday. There seemed to be a good crowd. About half masked. Lots of empty dealer tables, but enough around to make it a...
I once discovered that a dealer friend was the underbidder on a coin I bought. After that I had him represent me. Saved money and had an expert...
Definitely souvenir replicas. Cool to have but of no numismatic value.
Slabs are not air-and moisture-tight, unless they became so very recently. There's a story of a guy who dipped a dollar while in its slab. The...
Corrosion spot somebody removed.
I'm with Publius2. I wouldn't ask a dealer I didn't know well to hold a coin at all. My ethics would NEVER let me ask a dealer to hold a coin...
I agree with the others. Grease-filled die. Great find.
I've bought a few coins that happened to have CAC stickers. Never paid extra for the bean and in most cases, I cracked the coin out. I am a good...
Definitely a scuff.
The quarter shortage is probably my fault. I nearly always pay with plastic, but whenever for some reason I use cash, I only have paper with me,...
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