There is something to be said for taking your lumps and moving on. I figure you win some and you lose some. You just have to hope you win more...
Yeah. I've heard pretty consistently from long time dealers that the MS market has been suffering from grade inflation which has to have an...
I think we're saying the same thing, 444. There is no premium on generic gold coins. Their value will likely always be related to the price of...
I have bought raw coins (but not raw gold), and mostly I've made out well enough by finding gradable coins that weren't certified. But I don't do...
Of course, if and when that happens, the same might be true of a whole lot of stuff - like anything that requires electricity to operate, you're...
Yeah, the smaller, thin, light coins like dimes and small gold coins get twisted in the holder so they wind up at an angle in the hole - and you...
$188 for a 2 1/5 that has a full grade? I doubt you could even get a $1 gold coin that is fully graded AU55 or higher for that. APMEX wants $250...
I just had an NGC coin reholdered because it looked awful in the older holder- which was also kind of bunged up around the edges of where the coin...
Ironic of course, since "liberty" was unobtainable by so many people of color during the entire era of silver and gold coinage. But hey, I find...
Yeah, walking liberty. Since then it's not so inspiring - a few decent designs, but without real silver or gold it's just business. Since it...
Well, certainly Doug is correct that the slab doesn't add any value to the actual coin, but since most, or a lot of us don't have enough expertise...
That is the great thing about ungraded/ungradable coins - you can pass them around to the kids. How many people get to hold a real double eagle...
So a details coin is of no greater value than an ungraded coin. Yes, I think that is true from what I see. But given two ungraded coins of the...
very cool!
Great picture!
hmm - I used to restore old houses - did it for 20 years. If I had found a valuable coin in one I would have assumed it belonged to whoever...
It's a business strike, but despite the high mintage (of course, "high" is also relative) coin facts also lists the survival rate as extremely...
According to PCGS this one might have 187 in existence. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
How about survival rate population. I find that more relevant. Here's one that has total population/survival rate estimated at 225 pieces. It's...
I don't know how you can tell that from this - maybe from any - picture. Reflection sure seems to make it difficult to tell what's what.
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