Condition will be vital--think to yourself how collectors will see your coins and how much they would want them? PCGS forum has a very active...
Major ebay sellers tell me that the only way to make money as sellers is to have your coin buddies shill up the items waiting for the suckers to...
No, they are always able to use legal schemes and shelters and if caught have expensive lawyers to bail them out. Coin dealers have become a...
The only thing I would use them for at this point is gold copper spot removal of no problem gold coins, and I have none of them now. They charge...
As for reporting people it is going to be very hard for most people to substantiate the evidence with records unless you had big dealings with...
I hope someone does a thoroughly researched piece on this topic at some point. Yes absolutely they use harsh chemicals and work on coins best...
My guess is it could go as high as VF35, etc.. Lots of detail. And I would predict a straight grade, cut is in line with market acceptable IMO.
The problem with "cleaning" is metal loss; impossible to put the genie back in the bottle, as it were. I have heard they even use MS70 cleaner at...
John Albanese has said repeatedly that CAC exists for the collectors not for the dealers. HA is the #1 dealer entity in the USA. CAC pleases...
There were loose, don't know why a new owner didn't just change the name.
Frankly it is impossible to compare apples with apples there except levels of wear, strike, luster, eye appeal, etc., like snow flakes, no two are...
I have heard varying opinions from the IRS even on the topic. It seems that the 27% net profit may be the rule though most people treat pms as...
It's all a matter of degrees. If you sell a $100 coin for $300, or a $50 coin for $150, etc., then there are elements of misrepresentation. With...
I don't know any dealer who sells raw coins a grade or two over what they are where it matters; it is almost always the other way. And if...
They were bought raw as MS63 at a show. They could conceivably grade but real toning takes a long time in the brown holder with sulfur still...
He sold both coins as MS63 and when encountered Ed was uninterested in any exchange or refund, I probably would have considered a 40% loss as...
I picked up these two dimes from a local dealer relying on his expertise for accurate grading, both came back "improperly cleaned". How much of a...
Interesting to know how the guy made out with the 55 ddo. Actually I've found that NCS work has gone downhill, I would only use them for copper...
Those old slabs almost always add an additional $10 or more to the raw value which is under $30.
Just look at how they have treated the more serious collectors and dealers over the years. And it is safe to say that everyone who did business...
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