I would be really careful with auctions unless you have a lot of money or reasons to buy. It is easy to get carried away. Most full time...
Looks AU but hard to tell with the lighting and plastic. NGC lists around $1300 as the retail on an AU50, about half for an XF. But who would...
Every month Greysheet has another article in its monthly with varying levels of relevance like "the so-called dollar market" and on Mercury dimes...
Star notes are worth more than regular $20 gold notes. There was someone at a show today offering regulars for around $60-$80 and stars for...
The unfortunate reality of most people's language use is that words like "cleaning" are used without getting out a thesaurus and looking around at...
Colonials are a specialized area. Check out the coinrarties online mentioned to see how specialized and the crazy prices they are getting for...
I bought a 1787 Fugio recently for $450 from a coin show regular. He had an XF that he said he sold for $1200. My piece graded VF details at...
http://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/60887/1916-Mercury-Dime-PCGS-MS-65-FB I just saw this section, didn't realize it was here. Last time I...
I have done several CAC submissions because of the market advantage of doing so. I will give several reasons for CAC submissions, probably others...
The people making money in this business are buying cheap, and I know many reports of people having done that. A dealer on one of the other sites...
When ebay said that ANACS would not be permitted to be given parity with NGC and PCGS graded coins on their site unless they came up to speed that...
Are there union benefits and pensions and bonuses as part of the deal? Heck, in my town there are cops pulling in over $150K a year with private...
"Collectible coins are not stocks and bonds with associated income, costs, and projected earnings. The coin market is not regulated." Actually...
Graders make $100K plus after a while at PCGS/NGC, less at the others. Travelling around to shops hoping to find rare coins you can make money...
In the department of travelling coin buyers I think of David Carr and Dale Larson. They are stars in this department, Carr is at the shows early,...
Good points made here, as I have heard a number of coin dealers say it may be "against the law". So it isn't. Is is ethical? Well over a...
There are super graders who have achieved job security and probably have really good lives. Why do we never here the testimonies of active...
Too bad there is no temp. agency for coin grading companies. I have had jobs where temp. to perm. is often an option if the company likes you....
The Bank officers at the local BoA would differ with you on that; the officer told me yesterday they had some $100 bills that were so good ($1...
ANACS and NGC wouldn't do this IMO. OK, so what are their categories for problem coins. http://www.pcgs.com/nogrades.html I have had 1700s...
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