The CDN Greysheet is printed 51 times a year (every Friday starting with the first Friday). For 2010, the first CDN Greysheet was produced on...
Dealers grade because they buy and sell. The problem is that grading is subjective. I would personally term many dealers' grading practices as...
Agree to disagree? I personally see designating a circulated coin as uncirculated (even if it is an AU-58 "becoming" an MS-60) to be just as...
There are a number of numismatists that utilize the ANA Standards as "the" standard. However, as a numismatist learns more and more about the...
Happy Thanksgiving!
I routinely use small dollars and half dollars when making purchases.
No penny here! Just a fantasy piece I made up: A colored Cohen Mint 1 gram Rhodium round with "One Cent" on it. I like the eagle on such a...
The Wall Street Journal's write-up of the story is much better than the one in the OP. The crime committed here is not the fact that gold coin...
$3.95 is a very reasonable price. Silver only now reached $25.69 which indicates approximately $4.68 in silver content for your quarters. Had...
And that is why I voted to put these forum into a *hidden* mode (ie. opt-in) This is exactly what I was referring to in my post. It will all...
I agree with tommybee. It is simply not possible to talk bullion without talking government and politics. One person had made a comment about...
The term "numismatics" is a broad term and encompasses many divergent aspects in the study of money. The etymology of the word "numismatics"...
I agree! :D But you'll only see that phrase once more in this reply. I agree! But, then again, I also disagree. True, many of the things...
Very nice find! I have been looking for this variety for years now with no luck. I have gone through at least 10,000 1988's by now and still...
I would disagree that the simple fact of selling a coin (or even a large number of coins) makes you a dealer. There are a number of people who...
It looks like 5766 (2006). The last number may have a die fill on vav, and that could be why it looks like just a straight bar, or it could...
I know your post was directed toward GD, but I would like to interject just a few things: This comment is debatable as to the degree of...
Now, with what I said in my previous post, I answered "yes" the mark on the shown coin should keep the coin from attaining a "Gem" grade. Now,...
On the flip-side, we do not and should not have the option of choosing which established standards (if any at all) others should be forced to...
The U.S. Government run auctions and sales are found here. I would be wary of any site that uses any emblem or trademark that resembles...
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