Downside with GC is there is no technical information, no description; all of which Heritage Auctions provides free of charge. All you have to go...
Or a Sci Fi or extraterrestrial intelligence convention....
Can you imagine bringing a friend to a coin show where people brag about getting their modern coin in MS/PR69 certified holders with CAC stickers,...
Good company. If you sell place your reserves if you buy, do your research. They have attracted some high-end material recenctly like this High...
In the words of the Quaker or Amish fellow, I forget which: "All the world is queer save thee and me, and thee’s a little queer."
Think back to when you first started collecting coins. What did you find most weird about the hobby, or others that were collecting or talking...
Maybe they are living in a McMansion and are having trouble paying their taxes....
I remember an episode of "The Three Stooges" where Mo gets excited over a $20 gold piece. I am sure there must be Wild West movies that feature...
I got this email from Mr. Greenberg's company on the supposed rare dates they were offering in MS63: "as you know the gold coins the people are...
Typical chutpah for coin shops
So maybe the way to go for a Modern collector/investor would be to see what they are listing and look for the same coins at a show or from a lower...
I have seen these ads in Coin World for quite a while, here is the website: http://www.randicoins.com/ If you buy one of their "Everest" coins a...
Another thought when you get a bad or "details" grade on a coin; you become demoralized and are eager to have the problem rectified quickly or...
The dealer who wanted to charge me $100 to straighten the coin out in hopes that NGC would grade it MS62 apparently thought that by sandwiching it...
This topic occurred to me as thought-provoking: What were the attitudes of contemporaries when new coinage and currency were introduced and old...
Compare to this MS62: http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=1288&lot=2004#n
It was over 10 years ago when they did not do details grading. I sold it through Teletrade:...
In the case of the gold coin it had been in a PCGS MS61 holder. NGC would not grade. We sent it back to PCGS which probably considered the bend...
Has Allen Stockton ever shared his methods in print?
I had a mint state early $10 gold coin once that, when submitted to NGC for grading, was body-bagged as "bent". I don't know if any others here...
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